# Filename to Tag Action
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 12, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415 "2012-05-12T11:21:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@tmoca](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tmoca)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415/1 "2012-05-12T11:21:20Z")
Is it possible to create an Action that will perform the same action as the "Filename to Tag" command that is under the Convert menu?
All of my files are named with the Artist - Title format and would like to add an action to my other actions, so I can get everything done with one click.
Can this be done?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415/2 "2012-05-12T13:19:38Z")
> [@tmoca](#):
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> Is it possible to create an Action that will perform the same action as the "Filename to Tag" command that is under the Convert menu?...
Action: Guess values
Source format: %\_FILENAME%
Guessing pattern (example): %TRACK% - %ARTIST% - %TITLE%
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### Author:  [@tmoca](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tmoca)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415/3 "2012-05-12T16:38:07Z")
Thanks, but unfortunately, you lost me. What are "Guess Values"?
In a custom action, I only have 2 choices, FIELD and FORMAT STRING. Can you elaborate...or dumb it down for me 🙂 Sorry.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415/4 "2012-05-12T16:54:52Z")
> [@Custom text in Filename to Tag? or Combining Fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-text-in-filename-to-tag-or-combining-fields/11581/3):
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> ... I just recently discovered the REAL power of this program, though I have been using it for years. ...
> [@tmoca](#):
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> Thanks, but unfortunately, you lost me. What are "Guess Values"? ...
You have asked for an action as a replacement for the converter "Filename -Tag"... and Mp3tag provides an action of type "Guess values", which can do what you want to do ...
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/guess](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/guess)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/13415/5 "2026-02-09T12:23:50Z")