# Copy single tag item to multiple cells

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 16, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927 "2022-01-16T19:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![afcchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@afcchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/afcchris)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927/1 "2022-01-16T19:06:14Z")

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I need some help. For some reason i can't seem to work out how to copy a single tag (eg. Artist) and copy to other cells in the same column without affecting other columns. so for example i have some untagged tracks. I put in the artist name on the line for track 1 of the album and then do copy tag and paste tag to populate for all the other tracks. Then after it's worked i can see that in the track column all of the tracks have been renamed to track 1. I checked the help and i can't find it. Is it possible?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927/2 "2022-01-16T19:11:25Z")

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If you want to set the data for several files where several fields should get the same data, here is a suggestion:  
Select the files.  
Enter the data (e.g. ARTIST, ALBUMARTIST, ALBUM, YEAR) in the tag panel fields.  
As soon as you have entered the data in the last field, press Ctrl-S (or the save button in the toolbar) to save the modification.  
The data gets written to the selected files.  
All fields that show `<keep>` remain unaltered.

PS: to get that defined: a "tag" is the total of all the metadata. In MP3tag the tag is structured into fields. So if you copy a "tag", then the complete data from all fields is copied - and if pasted inserted as a whole to the selected files. You then really get a tag copy.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927/3 "2022-02-15T19:12:14Z")

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