# How to backup all tags, and then restore?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-backup-all-tags-and-then-restore/19054
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 17, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-backup-all-tags-and-then-restore/19054 "2017-06-17T15:57:09Z")
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### 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: [June 19, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-backup-all-tags-and-then-restore/19054/4 "2017-06-19T03:08:39Z")

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> [@firewater](#):
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> ...so I'm wondering if I can use something terribly obscure like the character "␟" which was created to separate data, and if so where is the menu to change that separator.  
> ...

You can use any character as long as it is unique or you have enclosed the field data in " during export.  
E.g. you could use $char(9), the tab character to separate the fields.

There is no internal function that can be set by a menu function to determine the separator, you enter (and choose) it yourself.

If you deal with a complete library then it is probably advisable to get the fully qualified filename. Otherwise you run into trouble if you have tracks on a compilation and on the original album...  
To get the correct data, it must have a unique identifier - that is the rule.

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