# Copy specific tags from one file to another **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 10, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796 "2025-03-10T21:57:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alex0243) #### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/1 "2025-03-10T21:57:04Z")
I have a ton of files (I'm a DJ) and am retagging a bunch of my music to update the year, genre, album, albumartistsort, publisher, barcode, catalog number, country, style. I might have 2-3 of the same artist / song(different remixes) but I want them all to have the same information listed above (keeping the title, artist, comment fields original). What is the easiest way to do this? I found this ([Best way to copy tags from one file to another? - #3 by der\_Stugger](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-way-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/5571/3)) but feel like its cumbersome and I'm not well versed in regexp or other methods with MP3Tag. Files are named as follows: Artist - Title [Comment].mp3 or 4 [Comment] is only there IF a comment exist as a tag field To give a clearer picture of what I'm hoping to simplify: Before: ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8470138a51b686872d35e0c28563d5aa4497708.png) After: ![After](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/e/e/eea16fb4c4c14a2345b3319f38d9f1d49413375d.png) ---
### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover) #### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/3 "2025-03-10T22:43:45Z")
You can select the tracks that should become the same year, genre, album, albumartistsort, publisher, barcode, catalog number, country, style - including the one that already have this information - in the File List. Then you change the values for the fields you want to change from `` to the the value you want to set for ALL these selected files. You can choose the entry from the drop-down-box or you can enter a new entry manually. All the fields that should remain unchangend just stay at ``. Don't forget to press File -\> Save Tag (or press Ctrl + S) to save your changes into your selected tracks. ---
### Author: ![Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alex0243) #### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/4 "2025-03-10T22:57:14Z")
Thats what I've been doing but its super time consuming when you have 30,000+ files 🙂 ---
### 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: [March 11, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/5 "2025-03-11T05:53:20Z")
So what you expect a program to do with > [@Alex0243](#): > > 30,000+ files Guess what you like to see as data in those files? ---
### Author: ![Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alex0243) #### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/6 "2025-03-11T19:37:09Z")
In the original post, I'm asking if there is an easier way to copy the tags from one of the files to another 1 or 2 of the same song. Rather than selecting all the same song and modifying the fields within the tag field. Going through 30,000 songs manually takes a ton of time. I can quickly do this in excel, but that doesn't write it to the tag itself ---
### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover) #### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/7 "2025-03-11T19:39:02Z")
> [@Alex0243](#): > > I can quickly do this in excel, but that doesn't write it to the tag itself What exactly do you modify quicker in Excel than directly in Mp3tag? ---
### 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: [March 11, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/8 "2025-03-11T19:50:18Z")
> [@Alex0243](#): > > copy the tags from one of the files to another 1 or 2 of the same song. Use the tag panel. You find the data in the dropdown list. You have to customize your tag panel so that it shows all the fields that you frequently find as common fields in the files. ---
### Author: ![Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Alex0243](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alex0243) #### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/9 "2025-03-11T19:52:22Z")
In excel, I can easily write VBA or formulas to add in the missing information based on song / artist name but is it possible to upload that with the tag editor file -\> tag? I would be changing the order in the file so I've stayed away from that as I don't know if I can have it modify tag information based specifically on the file name? ---
### 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: [March 11, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/10 "2025-03-11T19:56:31Z")
> [@Alex0243](#): > > I can easily write VBA or formulas to add in the missing information based on song / artist name You can create action groups that also write tag fields in relation to specific conditions. You can define presets for fields so that you can select them from a dropdown list. ---
### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system) #### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-specific-tags-from-one-file-to-another/67796/11 "2025-11-23T08:55:58Z")
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