# Best way to copy tags from one file to another?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-way-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/5571
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-way-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/5571 "2007-10-09T20:30:44Z")
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### Author: ![der\_Stugger](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@der\_Stugger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/der_Stugger)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-way-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/5571/3 "2007-10-20T03:26:05Z")

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Hello, here is a another way I think:

1. Open your old files in Mp3tag, highlight the particular album, and click the 'export' button.
2. Now make a new type of export file.. like this for example:

$filename(txt)$loop(%\_path%)%track% @ %year% @ %title% @ %album% @ %artist% @ %genre%  
$loopend()

an initial export file name would be "mp3tag.txt", which you could change to whatever the album is.

1. Save the text file where you want and then open up your new virgin replacement files.
2. Highlight the proper selections and then click on 'Text file - tag'
3. Now the proper string is this:

%track% @ %year% @ %title% @ %album% @ %artist% @ %genre%

check it with preview to see if it matches up. If not make sure your fields are matched up properly.

1. Repeat and Enjoy 🙂

ps. I use the @ sign because it is uncommon. When you get the hang of using fields you'll be able to correct bad tags quicker.

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