# Grandparent Folder Renaming **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 15, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973 "2023-05-15T02:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/1 "2023-05-15T02:12:02Z")
Is it possible to rename the grandparent folder? i.e. the folder named "album" in my example. .\music\artist\album\CD1\track.flac ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/2 "2023-05-15T02:17:07Z")
There are a couple of ways to do this, depending if you want to only change the directory itself, or if renaming the filename is also a consideration. This thread has some good info to follow either way. > [@Renaming parent folder for new hierarchy](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-parent-folder-for-new-hierarchy/46303): > > Hey there, I'm trying to sort the hierarchy and filename of my music using the following Tag-Filename format string: %albumartist%(%year%) %album%$num(%track%,2) - %title% an example of the current output shows below: "Y:( done )\Embrace of Thorns\2018 - Scorn Aesthetics\02. Mutter Aller Leiden.mp3" -\> "Y:( done )\Embrace of Thorns\2018 - Scorn Aesthetics\Embrace Of Thorns(2018) Scorn Aesthetics\02 - Mutter Aller Leiden.mp3" The above sorting is flawless, and I was wondering if there is the… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/3 "2023-05-15T05:40:47Z")
If you want to see just as many folders as before but the ALBUM folder with a new name, although it is 2 levels up, you first have to move all the files to the level of the album and then rename the parent folder. In any case: use an absolute path to get the levels right. First rename \_DIRECTORY (hier: CD1) to `d:\music\artist\album` Second rename the album level: \_DIRECTORY to `d:\music\artist\new_album` Now put back all the files into their CD folders: Rename the \_FILENAME to `CD1%\_filename% ---
**Author:** ![confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/4 "2023-05-15T18:44:24Z")
Thank you. I had my fingers crossed, hoping upon hope that I missed something obvious. I hadn't! Can't have everything in a tagging app, even in a great tagging app. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/5 "2023-05-15T19:08:51Z")
I think there may be a certain misconception: If you have a folder named my\_album with 2 folders: my\_album\CD1\file.mp3 my\_album\CD2\file2.mp3 and you start with file.mp3 and rename the grandparent folder "my\_album", the rename also the folder for file2.mp3 - which will probably be problematic - as you possibly have not even loaded this folder. So you could rename the full path for file.mp3 and create a new set of folders like my\_new\_album\CD1\file.mp3 and this would leave my\_album\CD2\file2.mp3 alone. And this would also mean that if leaves the folder CD1 as it is. The basic rule is: you can always and only rename the current directory. (this is the same in the explorer, BTW. you have to navigate to a certain level and there you can start renaming.) ---
**Author:** ![confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/6 "2023-05-15T22:28:02Z")
Thanks ohrenkino, I've gone back to using an old program no longer updated, but it does work. I can load the top most directory and all the ones below it recursively. Select the ones to rename and then do so. Not sure it's available any more. It's "The Rename" by Hervé Thouzard. Or use the Bulk Rename Utility. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973/7 "2023-06-14T22:28:53Z")
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