# Filename to Tag doesn't import as expected
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 7, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064 "2019-04-07T09:12:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@buddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/buddy)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/1 "2019-04-07T09:12:15Z")
If a filename would be '05 - Cool Shade Accompaniment.mp3', by calling 'filename to tag' I will see the right formatstring '%track% %title%'. But as a result I will just get %title% for this renaming as then would be "- Cool Shade Accompaniment.mp3" - the tracknumber '05' would be omitted.
Next, a tracknumber minor to 10 would be crippled and by using %track%. For '05' I just get a '5' instead of '05' for a filename.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/2 "2019-04-07T09:25:02Z")
Hi there,
`%track% %title%` is not the right formatstring for this filename. You'd need to adjust it to the format of the filename. In this case, the track number is delimited by " - " from the title, so you'd need to use that as delimiter.
A working example would be `%track% - %title%`
Please see this post from the FAQ for details:
> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…
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### Author:  [@buddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/buddy)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/3 "2019-04-07T12:54:09Z")
Thanks for your kind reply and sorry for the flaw in my format string.
As a result, the correct string didn't change the game.
I've also uninstalled my v2.94 and installed v2.94c for a fresh start, it didn't matter also.
Of course I could insert the tracknumber by manual editing, but a format string would be so much better.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/4 "2019-04-07T15:22:30Z")
For me everything looks fine.
(there is a number in the field track, it has a leading zero, the information for the field TITLE is also written to the correct field).
So: what did you really expect?
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### Author:  [@buddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/buddy)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/5 "2019-04-09T09:11:07Z")
I really expected to read "01 - Introduction" as a title instead of a mere "Introduction" after the execution of "filename to tag" .
In very former versions it worked, as far as I would remember it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/6 "2019-04-09T09:12:53Z")
If you only want to import the data into TITLE, then do not use
%track% - %title%
but simply
%title%
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### Author:  [@buddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/buddy)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/7 "2019-04-09T11:02:51Z")
YES, now it works again.
Shame on me, I don't know I was such a moron not to do it right at once on my own.
Thanks a lot, I'll really have to donate.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-doesnt-import-as-expected/45064/8 "2026-02-09T12:28:01Z")