# Create Artist & Title from filename?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 6, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845 "2022-07-06T09:39:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/1 "2022-07-06T09:39:32Z")
Hi Everyone, pretty new to all of this - can someone help me please? I have song titles like this: The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3 and want to create artist & title from the file name but no idea what to do. Can someone get me on the right course of action please? Thank You so much.
Ratystr
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/2 "2022-07-06T09:49:22Z")
You could read the first steps on how to import parts of the filename into tags:
> **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/#importing-parts-of-the-file-name-to-the-tag)**
>
> A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
If you need any further help, let us know what exactly doesn't work for you.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/3 "2022-07-06T13:23:55Z")
Really Helpful - Thank You so much!
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/4 "2022-07-06T14:08:41Z")
I'm getting there! but when I put in the following %artist% %title% it results in the dash being copied as well eg: The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever, becomes The Beatles **-** (note the dash) followed by the title (which is correct), how can I do it without carrying the dash over - sorry to bother you!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/5 "2022-07-06T14:15:07Z")
No problem.
Just use a format string like
`%artist% - %title%`
include the space the dash and the space into your "import string".
Every single character counts for such a convert function.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/6 "2022-07-06T15:49:49Z")
Fab - I'll have a go - Thank you once againnnn
Ray
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/7 "2022-07-06T17:32:04Z")
Bingo! - All sorted - Thank you so much LL, you're a lifesaver!
Top man!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845/8 "2022-08-05T17:32:06Z")
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