# Convert filename to Title and Artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795 "2026-08-31T03:47:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@sandee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sandee)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/1 "2026-08-31T03:47:21Z")
Hi,
I'm trying to organize my music files in Mp3tag.
is it possible to convert the filename - title - artist
Filename: Afronom - Wahdi (Extended Mix) - 12A - 126.mp3
Title: Afronom - Wahdi (Extended Mix)
Arists: [Remixbanger.com](http://Remixbanger.com)
how to convert like this
Filename: Afronom - Wahdi (Extended Mix) - 12A - 126.mp3
Artist: Afronom
Title: Wahdi (Extended Mix)
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/2 "2026-08-31T05:25:34Z")
You want to change the tagfields ARTIST and TITLE and use the filename as source?
Use Covert -\> Filename - Tag
Format string: %artist% - %title% - %dummy%
You can see the immediate preview id your format string matches the filename-structure.
This format string takes " - " as unique delimiter between artist and title in the filename. " - %dummy%" means that after the 3rd " - " the content is dropped.
If you want to create a permanent action, you have to define an action group:
Name: anything you think appropriate
Type: Guess values
Guessing pattern: %artist% - %title% - %dummy%
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### Author:  [@sandee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sandee)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/3 "2026-08-31T05:49:30Z")
yes it works only for the first word in artist name, but if the artist name is 2 words or there is a seconds artist that separate comma not working
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/4 "2026-08-31T06:06:29Z")
Please show us some real examples where it doesn't work as expected.
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### Author:  [@sandee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sandee)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/5 "2026-08-31T06:31:28Z")
here is the example Artist Don Omar or Bad Bunny
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/6 "2026-08-31T06:37:49Z")
> [@sandee](#):
>
> yes it works only for the first word in artist name, but if the artist name is 2 words or there is a seconds artist that separate comma not working
Your example does not show the format string that I suggested:
`%artist% - %title% - %dummy%`
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### Author:  [@sandee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sandee)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/7 "2026-08-31T06:58:39Z")
here is another example
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/8 "2026-08-31T07:05:18Z")
your filenames have a hyphen as separator whereas your format string for the converter does not.
Please follow @poster 's suggestion thoroughly.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/9 "2026-08-31T07:10:29Z")
Why did you use a Format string that doesn't match when @poster tells you exactly what you should use instead?
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### Author:  [@sandee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sandee)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/10 "2026-08-31T09:17:06Z")
> [@poster](#):
>
> %title%
i got it, thank you so much
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-title-and-artist/71795/11 "2026-09-02T09:17:32Z")
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