# Change the delimiter "\\" between folders to "/"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191 "2026-05-08T08:49:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Toni\_BW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Toni_BW)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/1 "2026-05-08T08:49:23Z")
Is there an easy way to use "/" instead of "\" as delimiter between foldernames in playlists, because "\" is not recogniced by VLC on an Android system?
So: folder1/folder2/folder3/audio.mp3
Instead of: folder1\folder2\folder3\audio.mp3
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/2 "2026-05-08T09:02:20Z")
The current playlist generator takes care of the standards for the current file system.
In the function itself, you cannot set a different separator - the path is returned like that from the OS.
But as playlists are plain text files, you could easily open the playlist in a text editor and replace the `\` with `/`.
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### Author:  [@Toni\_BW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Toni_BW)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 9:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/3 "2026-05-08T09:44:48Z")
Thank you very, much but this I already do.
But if there are special Charakters live äöüß or also apostrophs in the filename, these are occasionally changed too.
Best Regards
Toni
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/4 "2026-05-08T09:49:35Z")
I think it depends on whether you create an ascii encoded playlist or an UTF-8 encoded one.
The latter should not lead to any changes, while the ASCII characterset does not include special local characters like the Umlauts.
A "normal" Windows filename will allow umlauts.
These are invalid characters for the ascii file names - the backslash and the slash is not.
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### Author:  [@Toni\_BW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Toni_BW)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/5 "2026-05-08T10:03:46Z")
These changes are made by the editor (NOTEPAD) I used. Not by MP3TAG.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/6 "2026-05-08T10:57:38Z")
You could create - as an alternative - an export script that replaces the questionable characters.
But probably the workflow with the editor is easier.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-delimiter-between-folders-to/71191/7 "2026-05-15T10:58:28Z")
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