# Export / import tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 16, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483 "2020-10-16T06:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/1 "2020-10-16T06:37:25Z")
Hello – I have a tool to convert from one audio format to another – It works very well to convert my FLAC files to MP3. I tried to convert to the Apple lossless format (ALAC). The conversion when fine, but I discovered that none of the tag were copied over. I see that in mp3tag there is an export option – is it possible to export the tags from the FLAC files then import them into the ALAC files? If so, were can I find information/doc for this – Thanks ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/2 "2020-10-16T06:43:38Z")
It is as easy as copy&paste: Sort the source files and the target files in the same order. Select the source files and copy the tags with the function of the file list context menu. Then select the target files and paste the tags with the function of the file list context menu. The tags from the first source file will be copied to the first target file, same with the second and so on. There is also a way with an export to and import from a text file. ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/3 "2020-10-16T06:51:39Z")
Thanks for the info --- I am not to up with copy/past -- the text file would work better for me --- is there info on how to do that? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/4 "2020-10-16T06:57:42Z")
You have to create a plain text export with all the fields that you want to see in the new files. In addition you have to add the full filename as part of each record. You find a rather detailed description in the help: > **[Import Tags from Text Files – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-text-files/)** > > Documentation on Text File to Tag, a converter to import tags from text files. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. This is quite a task as there are a lot of traps to watch out for so that the fields get separated properly and that filenames really match. I wonder why > [@fpefpe](#): > > I am not to up with copy/past is out esp. as you can treat all the source files and the target files in one go, provided that they are aligned. ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/5 "2020-10-16T15:55:49Z")
I would definitely recommend the tag copy/tag paste method. Simply add both the files with the correct tags and those with the missing tags, and ensure they are sorted the same way. Then Shift-select the correct files, right click, and select "tag copy". Then Shift-select the same order of the incorrectly tagged files, right click, and tag paste. That simple and accurate. No messing around with exports, external files, set-up, etc. ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/6 "2020-10-16T19:57:02Z")
Thank for the info --- what is not clear to me, that I would add both folders FLAC and ALAC then highlight the all the FLAC files, but what next? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/7 "2020-10-16T20:04:11Z")
Now sort the source and the target files. so that you can first select the source files 1 to n and copy the tags with the function Copy tag. and then sort and select the target files 1 to n so that the first target file should get the data from the first source file, the second target file from the second source file and so on. Now paste the tags. Done. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/8 "2020-10-17T01:38:11Z")
> [@fpefpe](#): > > Hello – I have a tool to convert from one audio format to another – It works very well to convert my FLAC files to MP3. I tried to convert to the Apple lossless format (ALAC). The conversion when fine, but I discovered that none of the tag were copied over. It was an interesting journey to fix tags you lost during a conversion. Have you considered changing the tool you are using that got you into this situation? I quickly converted from FLAC to ALAC using fre:ac (freeware) and verified that the tags were all OK. ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/9 "2020-10-17T01:49:15Z")
Hello -- Thanks for the info --- I got it to work with d/d -- sort of as noted none of the tags copied over, using the "file" copy/save tag, it just set one, tag, "title" and it used the filename to create the tag not that title tag in the FLAC file --- what did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/10 "2020-10-17T01:50:09Z")
Thanks for that info --- I will give free ac --- a try ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/11 "2020-10-17T03:57:28Z")
web site is [https://www.freac.org/](https://www.freac.org/) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/12 "2020-10-17T16:25:30Z")
> [@fpefpe](#): > > what did I miss? How am I supposed to know if you do not show us which export script you used, what the export file actually contained and what the import looked like. ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/13 "2020-10-17T16:43:43Z")
Hello --- Sorry for the mix-up -- per the other users I tried the copy/past solution -- I was able to highlight the source flac file, then using the "read tag" (ctrl-t) in the file menu, then selected the target files and used the "save tag" item in the file menu -- but that did not work --- I have to be missing something with the copy / paste solution ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/14 "2020-10-17T17:39:16Z")
That what you did has almost nothing to do with copy and paste as you > [@fpefpe](#): > > read the tag which means that you only read the tag data of a file again but you do not copy anything and then you > [@fpefpe](#): > > save(d) the existing tag, not the copied one (esp. as you did not copy anything) Instead you were asked to > [@ohrenkino](#): > > Copy tag which is a > [@ohrenkino](#): > > function of the file list context menu. You have to right-click on the files list. Or if you feel uncomfortable with the right click you find the Copy&Paste functions in the edit menu. ---
**Author:** ![fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/15 "2020-10-21T15:06:09Z")
Hello --- Thanks for your help and bearing with me --- I got it now and it works very well !!!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-tags/50483/16 "2026-01-19T14:48:59Z")
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