# Folder Renumbering

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015 "2026-04-07T07:52:47Z")
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### Author: ![BrunoPouchele781](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BrunoPouchele781](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BrunoPouchele781)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015/1 "2026-04-07T07:52:47Z")

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I would like to know how it is possible to modify the original folder so that it is in the same format (Year / album Title /Artist).

Many Thanks Bruno

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015/2 "2026-04-07T08:02:10Z")

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You want to modify  
`\ExistingFolderName`  
into  
`\%year%\%album%\%artist%`  
like  
`\2026\Waterloo\ABBA`  
?

Maybe this FAQ topic "**[How to create directory structures based on the tags and move the files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/2#p-45720-how-to-create-directory-structures-based-on-the-tags-and-move-the-files-2)**" can help you using the ![:mt_ttf:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/922db76db5d45b2e558d10f3d8c25fb8bc04fd27.png ":mt\_ttf:") Converter \> Tag - Filename with a format string:

> ### How to create directory structures based on the tags and move the files?
> 
> When you're using a backslash in a format string, Mp3tag will create a directory from the part of the format string in front of a backslash.
> 
> Here is an example that creates new directories under `D:\Music`:  
> `D:\Music\$left(%artist%,1)\%artist%-%year%-%album%\$num(%track%,2). %title%`  
> The same is also possible using relative path names (instead of an absolute path in the example above) which creates the new directory below the current working directory:  
> `%artist%-%year%-%album%\$num(%track%,2). %title%`
> 
> Please note, that the whole range of Mp3tag's [Scripting Functions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015/3 "2026-04-07T08:57:03Z")

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> [@LyricsLover](#):
>
> %year%%album%%artist%

If you only want to rename the current folder (and not move individual files from a shared folder to a new one) you could use  
Convert\>Tag-Tag for \_DIRECTORY  
Format string: `c:\mymusic\%year%\%album%\%artist%`  
(replace the `c:\mymusic`part with the real path to where the new folder structure should start)

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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: [April 14, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renumbering/71015/4 "2026-04-14T08:58:00Z")

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