# Directory Size to Folder Name or Tag

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 28, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764 "2020-07-28T13:22:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mp3taguser](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mp3taguser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3taguser)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764/1 "2020-07-28T13:22:20Z")

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Hi all,

I want to include the size of the folder in mb to the folder name. for an album. is there a way to accomplish this? Even if it's included in a tag, I can use that to rename the folder.  
Tried search other topics but no luck.

Thanks for any help.

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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 28, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764/2 "2020-07-28T13:51:54Z")

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MP3tag does not know anything about other files in a folder, so the size of a folder cannot be read from a single field (which does not exist).  
You could create an export that counts the size of all treated files  
see the help: [https://docs.mp3tag.de/export](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export)  
but that does not mean that this is the size of the folder as there could be other files in that folder that are not treated by MP3tag - and therefore not counted.

Once you created the export you have to find a way to get the size value somehow into the folder name ...  
And then the data does not update automatically if you add or remove files or add e.g. a cover.  
So I wonder where the benefit would be.

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**Author:** ![mp3taguser](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mp3taguser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3taguser)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764/3 "2020-07-28T14:05:22Z")

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thanks for the explanation and info. i mainly need the info for the point in time and won't be adding additional info to the folders. i'll just continue to manually pull the information. appreciate it.

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-size-to-folder-name-or-tag/49764/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:44Z")

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