# Importing Album Metadata from Text Files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-album-metadata-from-text-files/71193
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-album-metadata-from-text-files/71193 "2026-05-08T16:47:10Z")
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### Author:  [@PatrikSelin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PatrikSelin)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-album-metadata-from-text-files/71193/1 "2026-05-08T16:47:10Z")
I’m trying to create a file with album metadata in both English and the original language. I have already used the **File \> Export** function to get the data out. However, I’m struggling with the import process.
I understand that I should use **Convert \> Text file - Tag** , but do I really have to manually enter every single placeholder? Is there a more efficient way to import all the tags from the file at once without mapping each field by hand?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-album-metadata-from-text-files/71193/2 "2026-05-08T16:59:35Z")
I wonder what you mean by
> [@PatrikSelin](#):
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> more efficient way to import all the tags from the file at once without mapping each field by hand?
MP3tag cannot "guess" which section of the record corresponds to which field - if there is data that should be omitted or swapped.
So, yes, you have to tell MP3tag the sequence of the fields.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-album-metadata-from-text-files/71193/3 "2026-05-16T06:40:43Z")
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