# batch copy paste tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 6, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928 "2016-05-06T19:16:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/1 "2016-05-06T19:16:20Z")
I am needing batch process. copy and paste tags from songs in one folder to another. source/song1.m4a source/song2.m4a source/song3.m4a destination/song1.m4a destination/song2.m4a destination/song3.m4a Thanks, Raj ---
**Author:** ![Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rijkstra/32/22_2.png) [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/2 "2016-05-06T23:21:08Z")
Open the source directory Add the destination directory (hold CTRL if done from context menu) Select the source files Ctrl+C Select the destination files Ctrl+V I subscribed to this thread, because I wanted to find out why there is an EXPORT option without a corresponding IMPORT option. Even if there were, my method is better since the entire tag is copied. It's also faster. It also works if the source and destination files are of different types. I'm curious. Why not just copy the entire .M4A file to the destination directory? That's the only way I see doing it with a batch file. COPY %source%\*.m4a %destination% ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/3 "2016-05-07T07:47:25Z")
> [@Rijkstra](#): > > ... > I subscribed to this thread, because I wanted to find out why there is an EXPORT option without a corresponding IMPORT option.... Therte are 2 ways to get information from text files: Convert\>Text file - tag or the action "Import text file" ([Import Text File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/import-text)). To copy tags from one file to another existing file, use the function of the file list context menu "Copy tag" and "Paste tag". This copies (all) tags from one file to another, regardless of the format. If number of files and order of files match between source and target, you can do it even for more than one file at a time, possibly all of them in one go. ---
**Author:** ![Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rijkstra/32/22_2.png) [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/4 "2016-05-07T14:19:50Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > Therte are 2 ways to get information from text files: > Convert\>Text file - tag > > or the action > "Import text file" ([Import Text File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/import-text)). > > To copy tags from one file to another existing file, use the function of the file list context menu "Copy tag" and "Paste tag". This copies (all) tags from one file to another, regardless of the format. > If number of files and order of files match between source and target, you can do it even for more than one file at a time, possibly all of them in one go. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are just shortcuts for "Copy tag" and "Paste tag" to make it clear we are talking about the same thing. Tags can be pasted one to many also. I had song in four different file types. MP3, WAV, M4A and FLAC and copied from MP3 to the others. All of the fields that were file specific were untouched as they should be. ---
**Author:** ![rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/5 "2016-05-08T11:46:27Z")
I found a simple and efficient method for my case. 1. open mp3tag, import files (read tags) from source source/song1.m4a source/song2.m4a source/song3.m4a 1. while the mp3tag session is still open. in the background, replace the source folder with destination folder. move source/song1.m4a source/song2.m4a source/song3.m4a to source1/song1.m4a source1/song2.m4a source1/song3.m4a move destination/song1.m4a destination/song2.m4a destination/song3.m4a to source/song1.m4a source/song2.m4a source/song3.m4a 1. back to mp3tag. hit save. All tags and artwork is saved to new files, as long as the folders, subfolders and filenames matches the source. BINGO If it is for just 2-3 files, I would have used copy n paste. But I am replacing 100s files scattered in 10s for folders. This method works like a charm. I was considering export and import tags. But it is foolproof, meaning I had to make sure all non-empty tags are exported, in the first place. If it can be taken as a feature request to provide a method to export all non-empty tags to csv, it will be beneficial. ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-copy-paste-tags/17928/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:14Z")
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