# Filename change

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 30, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771 "2013-05-30T16:27:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cookiesmonster](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cookiesmonster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cookiesmonster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771/1 "2013-05-30T16:27:45Z")

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Hi,

I have a filename like. track - Artist - Title. I would like to change it to track.title - artist.  
How can i do this.

After this step i would like to fill the title, artist and album artist column.  
How can i take a part of the filename?

I''ve tried by reading the help but i didn't succeed.

Thanks for your reply!

C.

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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:** [May 30, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771/2 "2013-05-30T17:37:30Z")

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> [@CookiesMonster](#):
>
> Hi,
> 
> I have a filename like. track - Artist - Title. I would like to change it to track.title - artist.  
> How can i do this.
> 
> After this step i would like to fill the title, artist and album artist column.  
> How can i take a part of the filename?
> 
> ...

Why don't you do it the other way round?  
Select all the tracks.  
then  
use the convert\>Filename-Tag

Enter  
%track% - %artist% - %title%  
(the dialogue has a preview).

Then, after you have filled the fields use  
Convert\>Tag-Filename  
$num(%track%,2).%artist% - %title%

And after that have a look at the FAQs.

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**Author:** ![cookiesmonster](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cookiesmonster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cookiesmonster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771/3 "2013-05-30T18:12:52Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Why don't you do it the other way round?  
> Select all the tracks.  
> then  
> use the convert\>Filename-Tag
> 
> Enter  
> %track% - %artist% - %title%  
> (the dialogue has a preview).
> 
> Then, after you have filled the fields use  
> Convert\>Tag-Filename  
> $num(%track%,2).%artist% - %title%
> 
> And after that have a look at the FAQs.

Thanks.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-change/14771/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:30Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC