# Is it possible to automatically tag files?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-automatically-tag-files/17444>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-automatically-tag-files/17444 "2015-12-09T16:57:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![learner1314](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@learner1314](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/learner1314)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-automatically-tag-files/17444/1 "2015-12-09T16:57:58Z")

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I just downloaded MP3Tag to edit metadata to some of my music files. However, I don't seem to understand how it works.

Can it automatically update the metadata? Or must I select a service (Amazon, MusicBrainz etc) and then manually input album info to get the metadata?

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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-automatically-tag-files/17444/2 "2015-12-09T18:00:09Z")

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> [@learner1314](#):
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> Can it automatically update the metadata? Or must I select a service (Amazon, MusicBrainz etc) and then manually input album info to get the metadata?

What do you understand by automatically and by manually?  
If you have tag-infos for artist/album you can mark your tracks for 1 album and call a webservice to fill in further tag-informations. I call this automatically because I don't have to write these informations myself to the tags.  
If you do not have any tag-informations (artist/album) you have to mark your album-tags and fill in the search-field yourself in the process of calling a webservice.

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-automatically-tag-files/17444/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:00Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC