# How to split filename to title and artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423 "2020-01-04T16:51:20Z")
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### Author:  [@TorontoMapleLeaf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TorontoMapleLeaf)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423/1 "2020-01-04T16:51:20Z")
Hello,
I name all my music name in below format:
SongTitle - Artist .mp3 (separate SongTitle and Artist by "-")
I want to only convert SongTitle to mp3.tag.Title and Artist to mp3.tag.Artist.
can I do it by MP3Tag?
thank you.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423/2 "2020-01-04T16:54:57Z")
See the HowTos:
> [@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…
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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-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423/3 "2026-02-09T12:28:23Z")