# Add Year Tag From Folder Name

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 26, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993 "2013-08-26T10:13:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JayLaFunk)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993/1 "2013-08-26T10:13:03Z")

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I have my albums with the folder names as follows

Bob Dylan - (2000) Essential  
Bruce Springsteen - (1974) From Small Things  
I don't have the year tag in the folder, can I add the year tag from the folder name and then remove the (year) from the album name in batch mode as all my albums are named this way?.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993/2 "2013-08-26T10:31:39Z")

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Try Convert\>Filename-Tag  
enter as mask  
%dummy% - (%year%) %album%\%dummy%

If the brackets cause trouble try  
%dummy% - '('%year%')' %album%\%dummy%  
Check in the preview if the result is correct

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**Author:** ![JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JayLaFunk)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993/3 "2013-08-26T11:05:19Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Try Convert\>Filename-Tag  
> enter as mask  
> %dummy% - (%year%) %album%\%dummy%
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> If the brackets cause trouble try  
> %dummy% - '('%year%')' %album%\%dummy%  
> Check in the preview if the result is correct

Many thanks ohrenkino the first one worked a treat, this will save me a load of work...

Cheers  
Jay

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-year-tag-from-folder-name/14993/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:38Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC