# How to copy filename fields to Title and Artist?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429 "2019-05-15T10:54:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@pacman10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pacman10)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429/1 "2019-05-15T10:54:15Z")
I have a bunch of MP3 files with the standard filename format - , for example
"Carl Perkins - Gone Gone Gone.mp3"
I want to copy the artist and title into the Artist and Title fields in MP3Tag. Clearly, I could do this by copy-pasting the data for each song but with so many songs that would take ages. I suspect that MP3Tag has some way to batch-automate the process but can't find it. I've looked in First Steps and this forum without success. Maybe I'm using the wrong technical terms as Search arguments.
Can anyone help here ?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429/2 "2019-05-15T11:48:09Z")
Use this search words:
`copy artist title from filename`
and you get a lot of direct hints 😉
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429/3 "2019-05-15T11:48:30Z")
THe HowTos are a good place:
> [@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…
or even the help:
> **[Import Tags from File and Folder Names – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-filenames/)**
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> Documentation on Filename to Tag, a converter to import tags from file and folder names. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@pacman10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pacman10)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429/4 "2019-05-15T18:33:16Z")
Thank you LyricsLover and ohrenkino for these rapid replies which led me immediately to the info I needed and are now saving me a lot of time.
My third donation will be on its way to MP3Tag imminently. This app is impressive.
By the way, I was impressed that the forum search engine was able to parse and interpret the "copy artist title from filename" search argument. In my experience very few forum search facilities can do that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-filename-fields-to-title-and-artist/45429/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:05Z")