# Create Folders Name From Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 28, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407 "2015-11-28T17:38:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407/1 "2015-11-28T17:38:01Z")
I'm trying find a way to organize my folders to show:
Artist - Album - Year.
I'm manually doing this. Using Discog, I copy the album name, move to Artist, create a new folder and write Folder name., but i've purchased music which has this format. Not sure what program can do this.
Currently my folders look like this"
Michael Jackson:
- Bad
- Thriller
- Invincible
I would like each sub-folder to have it's on name
Michael Jackson:
Michael Jackson - Bad - 1991
Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1985
Michael Jackson - Invincible - 1998
I'm thinking I can build a new field that combines
Artist - Album - Year
and then just copy and paste to a new folder.
Does anyone have a system like that/ Can MP3Tag do this or is there a folder program i can use.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407/2 "2015-11-28T18:27:33Z")
> [@Beluna](#):
>
> I'm trying find a way to organize my folders to show:
>
> Artist - Album - Year.
> ...
> Michael Jackson:
>
> - Bad
> - Thriller
> - Invincible
>
> I would like each sub-folder to have it's on name
>
> Michael Jackson:
> Michael Jackson - Bad - 1991
> Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1985
> Michael Jackson - Invincible - 1998
> ...
There are 2 more or less automatic ways to get a new files and folder structure with the help of MP3tag:
If you already have the right amount of folders - only the have not yet got the correct name, then try something like this:
Load the files, select them (you can load files from several albums at once).
Create an action of the type "Format value" for \_DIRECTORY
Format string: %artist% - %album% - %year%
and "Bad" should become "Michael Jackson - Bad - 1991" provided, the fields are filled with the right data.
If you still want to distribute files from one folder to several others, use the function Convert\>Tag-Filename.
Enter the path and filename with text constants and field variables, e.g.
d:\music\%artist%\%artist% - %album% - %year%$num(%track%,2) - %title%
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### Author:  [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407/4 "2015-11-28T18:58:05Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> There are 2 more or less automatic ways to get a new files and folder structure with the help of MP3tag:
>
> If you already have the right amount of folders - only the have not yet got the correct name, then try something like this:
> Load the files, select them (you can load files from several albums at once).
> Create an action of the type "Format value" for \_DIRECTORY
> Format string: %artist% - %album% - %year%
> and "Bad" should become "Michael Jackson - Bad - 1991" provided, the fields are filled with the right data.
>
> If you still want to distribute files from one folder to several others, use the function Convert\>Tag-Filename.
> Enter the path and filename with text constants and field variables, e.g.
>
> d:\music\%artist%\%artist% - %album% - %year%$num(%track%,2) - %title%
Wow!!! That is exactly what I wanted to do... it works perfectly. Thanks!!!!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folders-name-from-tag/17407/6 "2023-03-25T09:35:44Z")