# Manually rename directory
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439 "2025-02-09T16:33:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@tor11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tor11)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/1 "2025-02-09T16:33:29Z")
Is it somehow possible a simple _manual_ rename of a directory in Mp3tag though?
I tried to rename from a Tag Panel using \_DIRECTORY field, but it didn't work.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/2 "2025-02-09T16:59:08Z")
The tag panel field is intended to set the current working directory and does not modify the directory name.
No, it is not possible to rename a directory.
But then again, it should be easy to use Convert\>Tag-Tag for \_DIRECTORY and set the new name there.
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### Author:  [@tor11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tor11)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/3 "2025-02-09T18:02:17Z")
Ok, thank you. I just though it would be handy and faster for little changes in a directory name..
Or in such cases where I don't know how to use Convert (Format string) option, like for example if I have multiple artists (Split albums, etc.).
I wasn't sure at first, because the edited name actually sticks there
But unfortunately can't be saved..
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/4 "2025-02-09T18:06:44Z")
TBH I don't understand what you mean with
> [@tor11](#):
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> like for example if I have multiple artists (Split albums, etc.).
As format string you can set any string, even a fixed one to be used.
If you want to move indivdual files to separate folders, then you have to rename the file, not the folder.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/5 "2025-02-09T18:19:29Z")
I assume that you have used `_DIRECTORY` for the content of your Tag Panel field:
The [documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#technical-information) says about fields starting with an underscore:
> Technical information fields begin with an underscore `%_` **are read-only**
Just to be clear:
You can enter another existing directory name in your Tag Panel field and change to that existing folder.
But you can not directly rename the visible directory with a new directory name.
(As you can do it for example in the Windows File Explorer with F2)
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### Author:  [@tor11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tor11)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/6 "2025-02-09T18:41:43Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> TBH I don't understand what you mean with
I mean to name the directory with both artist names (e.g. in case of two-way split).
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> As format string you can set any string, even a fixed one to be used.
Yes, this might be the closest thing, I was just thinking of doing it directly from Tag Panel.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/7 "2025-02-09T18:43:20Z")
> [@tor11](#):
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> in case of two-way split
If you want to separate the files into 2 folders, then you have to rename the files, not the directory.
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### Author:  [@tor11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tor11)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/8 "2025-02-09T18:51:43Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> If you want to separate the files into 2 folders, then you have to rename the files, not the directory.
No, I just want to name the single directory like I would normally do with `%artist% - %album% - %type% - %year%`
I just don't know how to achieve this if there are different artists and I want to have them all in the directory name: `Artist1 & Artist2 - SomeAlbum - Split - 2024`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/9 "2025-02-09T18:55:49Z")
In this case you would have to use as
Format string `Artist1 & Artist2 - %album% - %type% - %year%`
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rename-directory/67439/10 "2025-03-11T18:56:38Z")
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