# Get tags from folder name?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 20, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621 "2007-10-20T23:13:03Z")
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### Author: ![billym](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@billym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billym)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/1 "2007-10-20T23:13:03Z")

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Is there a way to get tags from the folder name containing the mp3s? As example of this folder name:

Album Name [Recording Label] (Album Year)

This would save me a lot of work and time if there is a way to do it.

Thanks

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### Author: ![Mizery\_Made](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Mizery\_Made](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mizery_Made)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/2 "2007-10-21T01:40:05Z")

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It is possible. Filename -\> Tag.

_put your directory mask here_ **\</b\>_filename mask or %DUMMY% here_**

So, something like-

%Album% [%Publisher%] (%Year%)\%Track% - %Title%

or... whatever. 🙂

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### Author: ![billym](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@billym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billym)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/3 "2007-10-21T02:18:48Z")

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ok... thank you very much!

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### Author: ![cyclist2000](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cyclist2000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cyclist2000)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/4 "2007-10-21T19:45:21Z")

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thanks, i've been tying to do the same thing - here is what i ended up with:  
%artist%\%Album%\%dummy%

this gets the album tag from the folder name, and the artist tag from the name of the next folder up in the directory.

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### Author: ![troyt](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@troyt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/troyt)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/5 "2007-11-02T01:31:53Z")

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Hi, I've aslso been trying to do this and am still running into a wall. My Folder naming format is:

ARTIST - ALBUM

my file naming format is:

ARTIST - TRACK - TITLE

All hyphens have a space before and after.  
I'd like to get the album title from the folder, the artist from either, and the rest from the file. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,  
Troy

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### Author: ![troyt](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@troyt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/troyt)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/6 "2007-11-02T03:29:14Z")

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Never mind, I've figured it out.

Thanks,  
Troy

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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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-tags-from-folder-name/5621/7 "2026-02-09T12:20:33Z")

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