# Changing Folder Names Not Working Tag - Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [June 30, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535 "2026-06-30T04:52:57Z")
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### Author:  [@billyghost](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billyghost)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535/1 "2026-06-30T04:52:57Z")
Hi,
I've been trying to find a solution on the forum for a couple hours now. I'm not well-versed in MP3Tag commands. I'm trying to rename folders to something basic (Artist Name, Album Name) and I believe it's supposed to be the Tag-Tag command. I ran the absolute path to the drive with my library on it, but every time I run the command it essentially looks like it completes but nothing has changed (pic included of my trying with a Paul Westerberg album).
Am I misunderstanding what this function is is supposed to do?
I'm certain I'm just not smart enough to understand what I'm doing, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535/3 "2026-06-30T07:29:07Z")
Please use an action **Format tag field** and see this topic for more details:
> [@Folder renaming not working on Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming-not-working-on-mac/70238/4):
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> OK, I'm sorry — I read your previous post on the go. \_DIRECTORY and \_FILENAME are not available as fields at Convert → Tag - Tag for the Mac version. It's possible that your files now have a \_DIRECTORY field, which you can double-check and remove via View → Extended Tags.... To achieve your goal, you can an action Format tag field, which fills fields or renames files and folders based on other fields content or fixed text. This action also offers \_DIRECTORY and \_FILENAME as fields, where the…
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### Author:  [@billyghost](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billyghost)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535/5 "2026-07-01T04:10:24Z")
This worked. Thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-folder-names-not-working-tag-tag/71535/6 "2026-07-08T04:10:29Z")
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