# How to use folders for tags

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373 "2021-05-30T21:01:31Z")
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### Author: ![ShadowHead745](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@ShadowHead745](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ShadowHead745)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373/1 "2021-05-30T21:01:31Z")

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I'm very new to this software. I tried looking online, but I couldn't figure out how to do what I wanted to do.

My music is sorted like this, where each (Word) is a folder and each [Song] is an mp3 file:  
(Genre) - (Artist) - (Album) - [Song]. (To clarify, there are folders representing Genres, then folders representing Artists, then folders representing Albums.)

What tool or action should I use so I can correctly tag each mp3 with the correct Genre, Artist, and Album from these folders automatically? A specific answer if possible would be greatly appreciated.

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### 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 31, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373/2 "2021-05-31T04:30:37Z")

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See the FAQs and HowTos on [data import from folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3).  
Also, the [help](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-filenames) would have dealt with this topic.

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### Author: ![Stoffel](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stoffel/32/9392_2.png) [@Stoffel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stoffel)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373/3 "2021-06-01T13:46:34Z")

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..or, if you don't want to read any f....antastic manual, just mark your files, select

`Convert -> Filename - Tag Alt + F2`

and enter the following string

`%genre%\%artist%\%album%\%track% - %title%`

Omit ` %track% -` part, if you don't have the tracknumers stored in the filename.

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### 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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-folders-for-tags/53373/4 "2026-02-09T12:29:15Z")

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