# 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")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@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")

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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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