# Leading space in folder name removed on rename

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-space-in-folder-name-removed-on-rename/66660
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 28, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-space-in-folder-name-removed-on-rename/66660 "2024-11-28T17:11:44Z")
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### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-space-in-folder-name-removed-on-rename/66660/4 "2024-11-28T19:02:24Z")

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> [@woodfold](#):
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> Why can I make a folder with a leading space and copy it with no problem, yet it gets changed in Mp4tag?

This was answered by the developer in the same thread linked above.

> [@MP3Tag does not handle paths with a space before a folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-handle-paths-with-a-space-before-a-folder-name/61051/7):
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> Yes, it's possible and not sure if we can directly infer that it's intended to be possible, though. It even was supported by Mp3tag in an earlier version. Mp3tag is reading those files, so you can see that the correct functions are used. However, there is a difference between what the file system and what the Windows Shell supports. The latter, to my knowledge, doesn't support leading whitespace characters for folder names. This is probably also the reason why those are automatically removed w…

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