# How to do batch manual tagging (artist, album, album art)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 28, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098 "2023-05-28T08:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tagfan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@tagfan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tagfan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098/1 "2023-05-28T08:59:28Z")
I have many obscure albums in my library that are not in the database and they require manual tagging. How do I do batch tagging on artist, album and album art? Example: Artist: Eric Clapton Album: Unplugged Album Art: Unplugged album cover jpg Right now I'm doing every track manually and it gets tedious. Also, would you recommend putting or not putting the track number in file name if I'm going to tag the track number anyway? Example: 01.Signe.flac (with 01 tag) 02.Before You Accuse Me.flac (with 02 tag) 03.Hey Hey.flac (with 03 tag) 04.Tears In Heaven.flac (with 04 tag) OR Signe.flac (with 01 tag) Before You Accuse Me.flac (with 02 tag) Hey Hey.flac (with 03 tag) Tears In Heaven.flac (with 04 tag) Thanks! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098/2 "2023-05-28T09:06:13Z")
Did you have a look at the documentation? > **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/)** > > A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. To get the cover into the files, provided, the files reside in a separate folder per album, try an action of the type > **[Import Cover from File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/import-cover/)** > > Documentation on the Import Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. and use as filename: `*.jpg` The file system is not the best information retrieval system. Usually, it is your player that helps you to find the correct track. If you want to see the same (numeric) order in the file system that you see on the media, then it is recommandable to have a sort criterion that restores that order. In this case the track number would be the easiest way. But in general: the file system has the only requirement to get a unique filename. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098/3 "2023-05-28T11:47:40Z")
> [@tagfan](#): > > Also, would you recommend putting or not putting the track number in file name if I'm going to tag the track number anyway? That depends if you want to see your tracks in the correct sort order for your album in your Windows File Explorer. The File Explorer will sort and display your flac files alphabetically ascending or descending if you use the filename column to sort your list. In your example list, it doesn't make a big difference, but if the files would be named: ```auto 01. Track Three 02. Track Four 03. Track One ``` You will see different sorted lists with or without leading track number: ```auto Track Four Track One Track Three ``` ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098/4 "2023-05-28T11:50:55Z")
> [@tagfan](#): > > albums in my library that are not in the database Where exactly do you miss your album? What kind of database do you mean? ---
**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, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-do-batch-manual-tagging-artist-album-album-art/61098/5 "2026-02-09T12:30:05Z")