# copy tags from one file to another
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 5, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286 "2007-01-05T13:08:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rtgjeg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rtgjeg)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286/1 "2007-01-05T13:08:03Z")
I'm having trouble copying a tag from one file to another. I read about it in the FAQ, but it does not seem to work.
I highlight the file with the good tag.
Hit C
Then I highlight the new file
I hit V
It says "Do you really want to paste the content of the clipboard as the new tag of the specified file?"
When I click YES, I get the following "Saved Tag in 0 of 0 files".
Also, I noticed that the Tag type of the "good" file is (APEv2) and all the others are ID3v2.3. This doesn't seem to matter. I can't copy those tags either. I was just curious. Whats the difference?
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### Author:  [@Noxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Noxx)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286/2 "2007-01-05T17:31:35Z")
enable the reading/writing of the ape-tag/id3v2, extras-\>options-\>tags\>ape, mpc ...
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### Author:  [@rtgjeg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rtgjeg)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286/3 "2007-01-05T19:09:51Z")
Thanks. That did the trick.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4286/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:05Z")