# Batch Edit Filenames **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 28, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179 "2017-07-28T13:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bloodclot](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@Bloodclot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bloodclot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179/1 "2017-07-28T13:05:10Z")
Hi one and all, Id like to batch rename my filenames to reflect the artist and title. For example, I currently have the below format: **FILENAME:** Shot a Talk **ARTIST:** Serum & Serial Killaz **TITLE:** Shot a Talk but my aim is to have: **FILENAME:** Serum & Serial Killaz - Shot a Talk **ARTIST** : Serum & Serial Killaz **TITLE:** Shot a Talk Is this possible and if so, does anyone know how? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179/2 "2017-07-28T13:11:56Z")
Asked many times before. Magic button \>\> [GOOGLE](https://www.google.ie/search?num=50&lr=&hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=tag+to+filename+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fforums.mp3tag.de&oq=tag+to+filename+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fforums.mp3tag.de&gs_l=serp.3...12265.15511.0.15808.7.7.0.0.0.0.71.412.7.7.0....0...1.1.64.serp..0.0.0.S1awfZao0R4=) ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179/3 "2017-07-28T13:19:07Z")
> [@Bloodclot](#): > > but my aim is to have: > > **FILENAME:** Serum & Serial Killaz - Shot a Talk [https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files) ---
**Author:** ![Bloodclot](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@Bloodclot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bloodclot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179/4 "2017-07-28T22:57:09Z")
> [@poster](#): > > [https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files) Thanks. I tried that but its not pushing over the exact format. Meaning, for the **filename** Serum & Serial Killaz it shows in **Artist** as Serum **And** Serial Killaz, it doesnt seem to want to copy over the '&'. ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-filenames/19179/5 "2017-07-29T02:14:27Z")
> [@Bloodclot](#): > > I tried that but its not pushing over the exact format. Meaning, for the **filename** Serum & Serial Killaz it shows in **Artist** as Serum **And** Serial Killaz, it doesnt seem to want to copy over the '&'. Your wish was to create a new filename, not to get artist and title from the filename. In your example the tags for artist and title were already o.k. and needed no change. Therefore I wrote a link to the help-file for the converter "Tag - Filename" and not for "Filename - Tag". Did you use that? And what format string did you use? The right one should be %artist% - %title% ---
**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-edit-filenames/19179/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:55Z")