# 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: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@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")

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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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