# How do you add to a filename? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-add-to-a-filename/18424 "2016-11-15T01:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdalton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-add-to-a-filename/18424/1 "2016-11-15T01:13:43Z")
I'm sure this has been asked before but I searched and couldn't find exactly what I am trying to do which should be quite simple given what I have done and seen done with this awesome program in the past. Simply put, I want to add text to the beginning of a bunch of filenames. Let's say the text is "0000 -" How can I prepend that to a filename? Thank you in advance! ---
**Author:** ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-add-to-a-filename/18424/2 "2016-11-15T03:27:50Z")
Convert Tag - Filename (ALT+1) and just add the text you want in front of the Format Strings. For example, the format string is %artist% - %title%, just change it to 000 - %artist% - %title% ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-add-to-a-filename/18424/3 "2016-11-15T05:00:25Z")
> [@TD69](#): > > I'm sure this has been asked before but I searched and couldn't find exactly what I am trying to do which should be quite simple given what I have done and seen done with this awesome program in the past. Simply put, I want to add text to the beginning of a bunch of filenames. Let's say the text is "0000 -" How can I prepend that to a filename? Thank you in advance! Convert\>Tag-Tag for \_FILENAME Format string: 0000 - %\_filename% ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-add-to-a-filename/18424/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:31Z")