# Filename to TAG, how does it work?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 8, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518 "2004-12-08T11:01:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Fraha-NL](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Fraha-NL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fraha-NL)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518/1 "2004-12-08T11:01:28Z")

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Hi, Very nice program you have here!

1 function I cannot seem to get working.  
how do I get the filename in the tagfield without to much typing?

Grusse von Holland!

Frans

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518/2 "2004-12-08T13:29:23Z")

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Hi!

If your file name is something like "Toto - Africa.mp3", your woul type in "%artist% - %title%".

The answer to your question is also described in the [MP3Tag help](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-filenames).

Sebastian

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### Author: ![Fraha-NL](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Fraha-NL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fraha-NL)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518/3 "2004-12-08T15:45:38Z")

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To kind... The problem is I cannot find the function I need or the function I try does not work.

I was under the impression this forum was for helping people, sorry I asked.

As my native tongue is NOT English I'm having trouble unserstanding it all. Certainly hope sombody is willing to point out in more detail how i can do this.

tag \> filenaam does not do it here or I misunderstand the function.

Greets

Frans

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518/4 "2004-12-08T15:55:08Z")

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Press ALT+2 to open the Filename-Tag Converter

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-how-does-it-work/1518/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:17Z")

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