# Help with Filename-\>Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988 "2018-06-21T21:01:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Exnihilo\_Mundus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Exnihilo_Mundus)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988/1 "2018-06-21T21:01:55Z")
I'm hoping someone could help me please. I have a whole bunch of filenames that I need to make tags from as the tags are empty. Here is an example file:
07.Saxon - Princess Of The Night.mp3
In case there is any confusion, Saxon is the artist, Princess of the Night the song title.
I've got everything set up nicely so that I can go Tag-\>Filename later to fix the filename, but getting the info into the tag is throwing me.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988/2 "2018-06-21T21:24:51Z")
You can use the converter "Filename - Tag" and a format string like
`%track%.%artist% - %title%`
to get the info into the tag.
See also this post for more details on the feature:
> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…
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### Author:  [@Exnihilo\_Mundus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Exnihilo_Mundus)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988/3 "2018-06-21T22:18:32Z")
Thanks, that worked perfectly.
I was all worried that was going to be a lot harder than it was. I will read the FAQ and try to figure out the next one before I bother anyone with it.
Thanks again and thanks for the great program. It has saved me so much time!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-tag/41988/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:29Z")