# Export or backup all tag fields
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-or-backup-all-tag-fields/9520
**Category:** Export
**Created:** [December 12, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-or-backup-all-tag-fields/9520 "2009-12-12T14:39:26Z")
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-or-backup-all-tag-fields/9520/1 "2009-12-12T14:39:26Z")
# Mp3tagCompleteTags
## Export or backup all tag fields
Here is a tool that lets you export all tag fields of the currently selected files
By default it only works if your Mp3tag settings are in `%APPDATA%\Mp3tag\` i.e. `C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mp3tag\`
It can be changed in the settings.ini file.
### I) Installation:
1. Copy `Mp3tagCompleteTags.exe` to a folder of your choice.
2. Run it once and follow the instructions!
3. In Mp3tag go to "Tools \> Options \> Tools" and add Mp3tagCompleteTags.exe as a tool.
4. As parameter add `"%_workingpath%"` (with quotes)
5. " for all selected files" must be unchecked!
6. (Optional but recommended) Go to "Tools \> Options \> Messages" and disable " after change"
### II) Then the usual procedure to export is:
1. Select all the files you want to export in Mp3tag
2. Right click on a file and select "Tools \> Mp3tagCompleteTags"
Now the export dialog should be opened (if not open it with Ctrl+E) and you can use these export configurations:
- **002 csv tag dump**
export all tag fields to a csv file
- **002 csv tag dump utf-16**
export all tag fields to a csv file tab delimited
- **002 html tag dump**
creates a html table of all tags
- **002 html tag dump (frames)**
creates a html table of all tags with ID3v2 frame names in the header columns
- **003 txt tag backup**
export all tags to a text file which you can reimport with "Convert \> Text file - Tag"
The matching import string will be saved to the file `00 ImportString.txt`
- **003 txt tag backup (per Folder)** (check _[X] One file per folder_)
export all tags for each folder to a text file which you can reimport with "Convert \> text file - tag"
The import string will be saved in the last line of each file.
Some additional files are also created in the data directory:
**`AutoColumns.ini`**
**`AutoColumns.Frames.ini`**
Two columns ini files that contains all tag fields. You can load them at "View \> Customize Columns... \> Utils"
Save your current columns settings first if you want to be able to restore them.
**`Auto-usrfields.ini`**
A tag panel ini file that contains all tag fields. Replace the original `usrfields.ini` with it to get all tag fields in the tag panel
Download:
v2.3 [Mp3tagCompleteTags\_v2.3.rar](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/1a50c1731c6bac84e814ad0526bb15b5b5407773.rar) (323 KB)
> Thanks to DetlevD for his export scripts that I used as template
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