# Export File Name Not Saving Correctly
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 18, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074 "2026-04-18T10:48:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@minofso](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/minofso)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074/1 "2026-04-18T10:48:22Z")
I’m having a problem with export. When saving the export file name which contains square brackets ie [] the square brackets are omitted and are replaced with spaces.
If the export filename includes directories which are named with square brackets, then it creates a new directory in the directory before the directory with square brackets and then continues without the brackets with a new directory.
Example… I wanted to save this file Various [FLAC].m3u8 in C:\Users\Me\Music\Various [FLAC]\Various [FLAC].m3u8 and it saved it as C:\Users\Me\Music\Various\Various .m3u8
I tried saving it with quotes but that saved in the directory the tracks came from on a different drive and then in that directory it created a new directory called Various\Various .m3u8.
I’m working with version 3.34 I have tried my previous version 3.33.1 and it was the same outcome.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074/2 "2026-04-18T11:02:11Z")
Does it work with this syntax?
`'['FLAC']'.m3u`
Otherwise, please show us what you have tried so far.
**But you are right:**
`"C:\Users\ABC\Music\Various '['FLAC']'\Various '['FLAC']'.m3u"`
does not write the `Various '['FLAC']'.m3u` to my C:-Drive.
Mp3tag write it to the source directory, where my music files are saved.
**Update:**
Without the double quotes, it seems to work:
`C:\Users\ABC\Music\Various '['FLAC']'\Various '['FLAC']'.m3u`
creates the file
`Various [FLAC].m3u`
in
`C:\Users\ABC\Music\Various [FLAC]`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074/3 "2026-04-18T11:09:23Z")
> [@minofso](#):
>
> When saving the export file name which contains square brackets ie the square brackets are omitted and are replaced with spaces
Everywhere where you set "format strings" the rules as laid out in the documentation apply:
> **[Characters with Special Functionality - Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag...](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#characters-with-special-functionality)**
>
> Mp3tag uses format strings in various of its features to describe the structure of file names and imported data. A format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, …), or backslash characters \\...
Please show us the real string with which you create the filename.
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### Author:  [@minofso](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/minofso)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074/4 "2026-04-18T11:46:47Z")
Success! Thank you.
I saved the export (M3U8 Playlist, relative file paths) playlist to C:\Users\Me\Music\Various ‘[FLAC]’\Various ‘[FLAC]’.m3u8 and I had a directory in Music named Various [FLAC] and in that folder was a playlist called Various [FLAC].m3u8.
Thank you all for your help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-file-name-not-saving-correctly/71074/5 "2026-04-25T11:47:02Z")
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