# Create Multiple Directories

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 3, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014 "2015-07-03T14:51:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![genghiskhan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@genghiskhan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/genghiskhan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014/1 "2015-07-03T14:51:24Z")

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Hi I recently bought a new car with USB support. Put 1800 songs on a USB oly to learn that the max amount is 255 per folder. I would like to create a folder for each artist.  
My Mp3s have tags for Artist, Album Artist, Album, Year, Genre, Title & Track

I tried  
Format Value \>  
Field : \_Directory  
Format Sting : %artist%  
But the result was 1 folder with multiple sub folders with artist names

Example of the result  
Eminem\Daft Punk\Shaggy\More Artist\The Mp3 tracks all here

Thank you for any help you can give me

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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:** [July 3, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014/2 "2015-07-03T15:01:13Z")

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> [@genghiskhan](#):
>
> ...I tried  
> Format Value \>  
> Field : \_Directory  
> Format Sting : %artist%  
> ...

To create several folders from a few ones, use the function  
Convert\>Tag-Filename with a mask like  
%artist%\%\_filename%  
The backslash-part creates the subdirectories

The same can be achieved with an action of the type  
Format value  
for \_FILENAME  
Format string stays the same.

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**Author:** ![genghiskhan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@genghiskhan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/genghiskhan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014/3 "2015-07-03T16:01:35Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> To create several folders from a few ones, use the function  
> Convert\>Tag-Filename with a mask like  
> %artist%\%\_filename%  
> The backslash-part creates the subdirectories

Thank you worked like a charm

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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 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-multiple-directories/17014/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:44Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC