# Make the mp3 title the filename

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 7, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118 "2007-07-07T03:13:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![tubeyes](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tubeyes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tubeyes)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118/1 "2007-07-07T03:13:23Z")

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Hey,  
Pretty new to mp3tag, but I was wondering if there was an easy way to automatically make all mp3 "titles" the same as the filename.

IE: I would want the title for song.mp3 to be "song".

Any easy way to tell mp3tag to make the song title the same as the filename?  
Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118/2 "2007-07-07T06:09:12Z")

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Select the files  
Press Alt+2  
Format string: %title%

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### Author: ![tubeyes](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tubeyes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tubeyes)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118/3 "2007-07-09T15:14:34Z")

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Thank you so much kind friend!

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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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:23Z")

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