# Copy one tag field to another
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381 "2024-04-12T16:01:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mirogeorgiev97](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mirogeorgiev97)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/1 "2024-04-12T16:01:15Z")
Does anybody know how to copy information from one category (e.g., `WORK`) to another (e.g., `MOVEMENTNAME` or `GROUPING`) more quickly (context down below)? Doing it manually is going to take an eternity, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/2 "2024-04-12T16:20:11Z")
See the FAQs:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/3 "2024-04-12T17:58:15Z")
It's also in [First Steps → Copying one Field to another Field](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/#copying-one-field-to-another-field) using **Convert → Tag - Tag**.
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### Author:  [@mirogeorgiev97](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mirogeorgiev97)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/4 "2024-04-12T18:27:11Z")
I tried it, but it simply erased the `WORK` field. What did I do wrong?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/5 "2024-04-12T18:30:27Z")
It probably has to be the other way round:
To copy WORK to CONTENTGROUP
Convert\>Tag-Tag for field CONTENTGROUP
Format string: %work%
I am not sure what your intentions are with $meta\_sep()
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/6 "2024-04-12T18:41:31Z")
Yes, it's the other way round: you first select the target field and reference the source field(s) in the format string.
I've updated the example in the documentation to make this a little clearer.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-tag-field-to-another/64381/7 "2024-05-12T18:42:13Z")
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