# Is there a way of importing exported tags?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 26, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796 "2018-05-26T23:46:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@formingus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/formingus)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/1 "2018-05-26T23:46:45Z")
Hi,
I Just found this gr8 software for editing music , i hope it will be of use.
Still didn't see all futures but main question in this thread is.
ex: We have 2 folders named Folder 1 and Folder 2
We can export tags of folder 1,
but can we import tags like name , artist or any other columns from exported folder 1 tags to folder 2 ?
Thanks in Advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/2 "2018-05-27T08:13:19Z")
If number and order of the files in folder1 match that of folder2 then you can simply copy and paste the tags.
The other function to import data from a textfile is Convert\>Text file-Tag
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### Author:  [@KevM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KevM)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/3 "2025-03-06T17:43:39Z")
Hi, I am a new contributor and very basic user. This seems to be the question I am asking. My duplicate (backup) file meets the criteria you state and I wish to copy/paste tags to it. Please could you point me to the instructions for this or give a brief explanation? I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance.
On edit: I have exported to both html and csv files but using the convert function just drops the text info into one field. I presume I need to format the string chain but that isn’t intuitive to me.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/4 "2025-03-06T18:46:31Z")
Export to CSV (or any other format that exports one file per line) is the way to go. Please check this topic from the documentation, and -- if any questions remain -- don't hesitate to ask:
> **[Import Tags from Text Files – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-text-files/)**
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> Documentation on Text File to Tag, a converter to import tags from text files. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Alternatively, you can just load the original files and the duplicates and copy the metadata from the original via Ctrl+C and paste to the duplicates via Ctrl+V.
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### Author:  [@KevM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KevM)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/5 "2025-03-06T20:11:10Z")
Thank you. My csv file has column info (separated by semicolons) and tag info. When I use convert text file to tag it pastes only the column info (separated by semicolons, including some columns I haven’t selected) into the sixth column (album artist). Adjusting the format string doesn’t seem to affect this.
I don’t have a background in computer language I’m afraid. I use the cut and paste method you suggest at present but it is too time consuming for the backup process I wish to complete. Im also interested in taking advantage of the functionality of this powerful programme.
Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/6 "2025-03-06T20:19:55Z")
> [@KevM](#):
>
> use the cut and paste method
The cut&paste method means:
Select all the source files
use Edit\>Copy
(which copies the whole tags)
Select all the target files
use Edit\>Paste
(which pastes the whole tags)
So it is neither tag field by tag field nor file by file.
The assumption is that the
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> number and order of the files in folder1 match that of folder2
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### Author:  [@KevM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KevM)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/7 "2025-03-06T20:44:37Z")
I see, thank you. I will experiment with that.
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### Author:  [@KevM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KevM)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/8 "2025-03-06T20:51:52Z")
That’s exactly what I needed, thanks for your help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-importing-exported-tags/41796/9 "2025-04-05T20:52:21Z")
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