# How to select all files in an album without having to manually select?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177 "2022-02-02T14:37:51Z")
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### Author:  [@AmadeuS72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AmadeuS72)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177/1 "2022-02-02T14:37:51Z")
Have lots and lots of files, all with correct album titles. But I want to now select just the files in each album automatically, so I can correctly label the release year. Like right-clicking with the mouse....no matter which way I try I have manually select the files.
It would be so useful to be able to click and select the files which are tagged with an album title... any ideas Mp3Tag collective brain?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177/2 "2022-02-02T14:41:07Z")
I am not sure that I understand your problem.
So you have
> [@AmadeuS72](#):
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> files, all withou(t) correct album titles
but you want
> [@AmadeuS72](#):
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> to be able to click and select the files which are tagged with an album title...
So: is the tag field ALBUM filled or not?
If the field ALBUM is not filled - how should MP3tag _guess_ which files belong to an album?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177/3 "2022-02-02T14:47:26Z")
> [@AmadeuS72](#):
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> no matter which way I try I have manually select the files.
That's the only way. Mp3tag works with individual files. Which belong to the same album or the same Artist or the same release year is up to you. You have to manually selected this files. There is no such thing like "preselect all other files with the same text for me".
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177/4 "2022-02-02T14:50:24Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> preselect all other files with the same text for me
The only way would be a filter ... and then press Ctrl-A to select all files.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-select-all-files-in-an-album-without-having-to-manually-select/56177/5 "2026-02-09T12:29:39Z")