# Artist tag as folder name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag-as-folder-name/49013
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag-as-folder-name/49013 "2020-05-19T16:56:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@RayMLG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RayMLG)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag-as-folder-name/49013/1 "2020-05-19T16:56:11Z")
Hello Mp3tag Community!
Brand new user here, here's my question.
I have many mp3 files organized in folders whose name matches the artist of the song.
Is it possible to make the artist tag in the audio file equal to the name of the folder where the file is located?
For example, the file "Skfall.mp3" is in the folder "Adele"
Can I , through a function/action, modify the tag of "Skyfall.mp3" so that the artist of the song is equal to the folder name where it is located?
I have a very large collection of music, and there is no way to do this manually, what can I do?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag-as-folder-name/49013/2 "2020-05-19T17:01:56Z")
See the FAQs:
> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag-as-folder-name/49013/3 "2026-02-09T12:28:36Z")