# Directory rename feature

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-rename-feature/5173
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 21, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-rename-feature/5173 "2007-07-21T18:08:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![amp26](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@amp26](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/amp26)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-rename-feature/5173/1 "2007-07-21T18:08:59Z")

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The filename (song) rename feature is great. I would also like a button to rename the directory containing the files using the tag contents. If you keep your music in the form:

Music\Artist\Album\*.mp3

or

Music\Artist - Album\*.mp3

It would greatly help being able to organize the directory names rather than doing it manually.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-rename-feature/5173/2 "2007-07-23T18:06:28Z")

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You can use a format string like

D:\Music\\%artist% - %album%\\%\_filename%

to create a new directory structure via Tag - Filename. This will move all files to the new directories and will leave the old directory structure empty.

Kind regards,  
Florian

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### Author: ![zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zencd/32/88_2.png) [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-rename-feature/5173/3 "2007-08-01T17:28:20Z")

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Andrew, consider also this action: "Format value" \_DIRECTORY  
because jpegs and txts will be moved too then