# Automating File Moving to Genre folder
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061 "2026-04-15T04:40:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/1 "2026-04-15T04:40:46Z")
Hello,
I’m looking for some assistance for automating moving files to folders based on genre.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/2 "2026-04-15T06:10:37Z")
You can start reading here:
> **[Create Folder Structures based on Tags - Rename Files – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files/#create-folder-structures-based-on-tags)**
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> Renaming files, creating folders and complete directory structures from tags can be done by using Convert → Tag - Filename with a format string. The format string is used to describe the structure of the desired filename. | Documentation on Tag to...
If you require support for a specific issue, please provide us with a screenshot demonstrating your attempts using your actual data.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/3 "2026-04-15T06:29:15Z")
Or check other threads in the forum, e.g.
> [@How to move complete contents of a folder into separate genre folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-complete-contents-of-a-folder-into-separate-genre-folders/64027):
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> I have a tremendous amount of folders (usually with just an album). I would like to just organize them in folders by genre without changing folder name and moving the entire folder and its contents.. Unchanged. End result would be a folder called "Rock" with all the rock genre albums moved into it.. and whatever other genres i have. I prefer to do it without depending on any tags but the genre so that i could listen and find what i like easily.. In the long run i would look at organized nami…
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### Author:  [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/4 "2026-04-16T01:36:55Z")
To clarify what I’m talking about.
My music library is already setup into Genre based folders. I’ve been building my library like this since 2002.
When I process tracks I manually sort the list by genre and move blocks of files to their respective folder using the move function.
This works and has been working well.
What I would like to do is create an action that will move files to their respective folders using the genre name as the criteria to move files to specific folders.
I would define the genre to match it’s corresponding folder path.
This would speed up moving files even more.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/5 "2026-04-16T06:32:36Z")
To clarify what @LyricsLover and I have suggested so far:
The converters are suitable to move files around and actions are also.
So which of the suggestions have you tried?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/6 "2026-04-16T18:27:27Z")
Besides using the genre for sorting your music into filders, are there any other tags you want to use for further subfolders or in the filename? You could use this as an example, which follows the documentation that has been suggested already.
`D:\WhateverMusicFolder\%genre%\%albumartist%\%album%\%discnumber%-%track% %title%`
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/7 "2026-04-16T19:43:29Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> You could use this as an example, which follows the documentation that has been suggested already.
> `D:\WhateverMusicFolder\%genre%\%albumartist%\%album%\%discnumber%-%track% %title%`
Just a side note:
The above example would mix the **ABBA** _Waterloo_ POP Vinyl-Album from 1974 with the CD from 1998 and the Digital Media-release from 2014.
If this is what the OP wants, it works well.
Otherwise, I would suggest adding the `%year%` after the `\%album%\` and perhaps other existing tags to distinguish between different releases.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/8 "2026-04-16T23:27:33Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> I would suggest adding the `%year%` after the `\%album%\` and perhaps other existing tags to distinguish between different releases.
Agreed. There are so many variable to consider. It is up to the individual as to how this can be done.
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### Author:  [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/9 "2026-04-17T03:42:00Z")
My needs are simple for most of my genre folders. I let Serato DJ smart crates take care of sorting by year, etc.
This is just the folder structure I’m working with to speed things up.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-file-moving-to-genre-folder/71061/10 "2026-04-24T03:42:14Z")
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