# Existing filename and tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/existing-filename-and-tags/50173
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/existing-filename-and-tags/50173 "2020-09-12T07:13:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/existing-filename-and-tags/50173/1 "2020-09-12T07:13:13Z")
Hello All,
All the music I download already has a name that is usually ARTIST - TITLE but when I open MP3TAG on the files all the tags are blank. Is there an action that I can write that once selected could import the existing artist and filename into MP3TAG? There are times that the tags are correct for the way I want them to be and need very little massaging. I also have a quick question regarding tag preview when you use an action. I thought there was a tag preview window so after you removed a bunch of tags from the song you could check and see if it was done correctly, The software would let you preview the tags in a small popup box. At least that's what I remember. Thank you to everyone that can help answer my question, Stay safe.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/existing-filename-and-tags/50173/2 "2020-09-12T08:07:14Z")
Isn't this a very similar problem that has been discussed with you here:
> [@Renaming Title and Artist with Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-title-and-artist-with-action/45192):
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> Hello all, forgive me if this seems like a ridiculous question but is there an action you could setup that would take this song TITLE: "frank sinatra-New York" and convert it to "Frank Sinatra - New York" and do it for all files with mixed information like: "frank sinatra-New York (producer Joe Miller)" and reduce it to "Frank Sinatra - New York". Thanks for the help. \_Izzy
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/existing-filename-and-tags/50173/3 "2026-02-09T12:28:49Z")