# Filter Files by a .txt list
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 2, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811 "2024-09-02T14:33:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Ninjie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninjie)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/1 "2024-09-02T14:33:55Z")
Hi,
Assuming I have a .txt list of songs (as in:
Artist1 - Tiltle1
Artist2 - Title2 etc),
is there a way to filter songs listed?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/2 "2024-09-02T14:36:08Z")
How do you load your songs listed in your \*.txt file into Mp3tag?
In Mp3tag you can press F3 and [filter](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter/) your loaded songs.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/3 "2024-09-02T14:38:51Z")
If this list can be transformed into a playlist (which is plain text and mainly a list of filenames) then you could open that playlist to add the referenced files
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/4 "2024-09-02T14:43:37Z")
Such a playlist would have to include the complete path\* to the songs like
```auto
C:\Temp\Folder\Subfolder\Artist1 - Title1.mp3
C:\Temp\AnotherFolder\AnotherSubfolder\Artist2 - Title2.mp3
```
In Mp3tag you can use the menu **File** -\> **Load Playlist/Cuesheet** to load the above \*.m3u text file and this loads the (existing) songs into Mp3tag.
Hint:
\* the complete path is not necessary if all your files are saved in the same folder and the \*.m3u is also saved in the same folder as the songs.
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### Author:  [@Ninjie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninjie)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/5 "2024-09-02T14:51:42Z")
Do you know a quick way to add the path to all files? they are in the same folder if that helps
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/6 "2024-09-02T14:52:52Z")
> [@Ninjie](#):
>
> they are in the same folder if that helps
Then you don't need the path, I would think - only the filename.
But if the files are all in the same folder - wouldn't it be easier to just drag&drop them from the Windows Explorer into MP3tag or open that folder straightaway?
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### Author:  [@Ninjie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninjie)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/8 "2024-09-02T15:08:13Z")
Moved the playlist to the same folder and it worked, thanks!
My problem was that I used a website to generate the playlist and I wasn't folder-specific..
Again, thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-files-by-a-txt-list/65811/9 "2024-10-02T15:08:49Z")
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