# How to split title and artist automatically
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [December 4, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287 "2022-12-04T09:19:38Z")
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### Author:  [@alexela](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alexela)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287/1 "2022-12-04T09:19:38Z")
Goodmorning,
From a file titolated:
Danny Ocean – Fuera del mercado.mp3
How can I nominate the areas: Artist and Title?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287/2 "2022-12-04T09:22:43Z")
This can be done via **Convert → Filename - Tag** and `%artist% - %title%`
See the documentation for a detailed explanation:
> [@Rename Files and Import Tags from Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-files-and-import-tags-from-files/51720#import-tags-from-files-4):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of possibilities to get tag information from parts of the filename or to rename files based on the information stored in the tag of a file. The base concept behind all converters in Mp3tag is the format string, which describes a pattern or template of a filename. A format string consists of any characters and predefined placeholders or scripting functions. Every placeholder begins with the percent sign %, followed by a tag field name and ends with the percent sign. …
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### Author:  [@alexela](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alexela)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287/3 "2022-12-04T09:43:21Z")
From this example “Danny Ocean – Fuera del mercado.mp3“. Can you explain me how can I nominate the areas: Artist and Title?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287/4 "2022-12-04T10:35:01Z")
> [@alexela](#):
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> Can you explain me how can I nominate the areas: Artist and Title?
See that the answer is already in post number 2:
> [@Florian](#):
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> This can be done via **Convert → Filename - Tag** and `%artist% - %title%`
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287/5 "2023-01-03T10:35:38Z")
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