# Compilation Tag present
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 5, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918 "2026-10-05T13:19:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@phoenix1971](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phoenix1971)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918/1 "2026-10-05T13:19:09Z")
i am a total new user to MP3Tag and i am wondering is there a way to see if a various artist album has a tag of compilation or not? thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918/2 "2026-10-05T13:23:38Z")
you could filter for such files with
`%albumartist% IS "Various Artists" AND %compilation% PRESENT`
The other way round (various artists=yes but compilation missing):
`%albumartist% IS "Various Artists" AND %compilation% MISSING`
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### Author:  [@phoenix1971](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phoenix1971)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918/3 "2026-10-05T13:50:43Z")
thanks for the quick reply, as ive said im totally new, how do you do that ? thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918/4 "2026-10-05T13:55:23Z")
> [@phoenix1971](#):
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> totally new
Member since 2019 ... oh, well.
See the documentation about filters:
> **[Filter and Search – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter/)**
>
> Documentation on Filter and Search and keywords to form complex filter expressions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@phoenix1971](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phoenix1971)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-tag-present/71918/5 "2026-10-05T15:11:05Z")
new to MP3Tag ive been using Tag&Rename for many many years just thought id look around for something i bit more up to date cheers