# Isolating portion of file name and use as title tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 13, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195 "2008-09-13T22:05:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@PlanetOrigo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PlanetOrigo)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195/1 "2008-09-13T22:05:49Z")
Hi gang,
The subject line should read "...use as title tag", sorry 'bout that.
I have recently started to use MP3tag 2.41. I have a number of MP3 and flac files that have this filename structure:
Circular - Glass darkly - 01. Clay.mp3
Is there any way to isolate the word "Clay" (or any other word in the filename) and sort of extract it from the filename and have MP3tag import it as the title tag?
Thanks,
Glenn
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195/2 "2008-09-14T06:03:32Z")
It's possible with Convert \> filename - tag
Use format string: %dummy% - %dummy% - %dummy%. %title%
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### Author:  [@PlanetOrigo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PlanetOrigo)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195/3 "2008-09-20T12:17:46Z")
Thanks excellent - works perfect!
I am very impressed by this application, it does everything I want and then some....
Glenn
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:06Z")