# batch editing filenames

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-editing-filenames/17110>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 31, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-editing-filenames/17110 "2015-07-31T12:06:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![garyoke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@garyoke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garyoke)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-editing-filenames/17110/1 "2015-07-31T12:06:36Z")

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Hello everyone.newbie here with a question regarding a problem which is driving me crazy.Please help.

I have decided to sort out all of my dj hard drive songs, after years of leaving it in mess and I am trying to tag it all correctly. Most I have done with no problems but the following karaoke songs are tagged incorrectly.

the filename now.............. SFLY801 - Roxanne - The Police  
how I would like it to be...... The Police - Roxanne

the tag in the track and the artist fields are the wrong way around and the artist reads Roxanne & the title reads The Police. The disc id appears to go into the correct field after i enter %skip%.

Any help would be much appreciated as I have been messing with it for hours now :-/  
Cheers Garry.

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**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 31, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-editing-filenames/17110/2 "2015-07-31T12:38:48Z")

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You can change the filename or you can first fill the tags with informations of the filename and then build a new filename out of the tags.

Which tag do you want to fill with the ID? (SFLY801 ?)

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-editing-filenames/17110/3 "2026-02-09T12:25:48Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC