# How do you copy full filename into just the title tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-copy-full-filename-into-just-the-title-tag/63011
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**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-copy-full-filename-into-just-the-title-tag/63011 "2023-12-05T11:01:01Z")
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### Author: ![bobhurd](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/bobhurd/32/6789_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobhurd)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-copy-full-filename-into-just-the-title-tag/63011/1 "2023-12-05T11:01:01Z")

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This is a very simple question, but I cannot find the answer amongst all these high expertise questions and answers:

How do you copy the entire filename into just the title tag into the title ID3v1/ID3v2 tag? And I don't want to read an entire section to find out how to perform this simple request for over 20,000 music files!

- bob

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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: [December 5, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-copy-full-filename-into-just-the-title-tag/63011/2 "2023-12-05T11:02:47Z")

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You could use the Convert function:

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3#how-to-import-parts-of-the-filename-into-the-tag-1):
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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…

And because you

> [@bobhurd](#):
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> don't want to read an entire section to find out how

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f0706fc010e06225784d0fc23a65311f3ebb9e58.png)

This will overwrite whatever your current TITLE tag contains with your current, complete filename (without extension).

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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: [January 4, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-copy-full-filename-into-just-the-title-tag/63011/3 "2024-01-04T11:02:57Z")

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