# Merge folders into a new one **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567 "2020-07-08T11:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dev91618)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/1 "2020-07-08T11:29:59Z")
Hello all. Good day. 1 Can I have files from directory1 and directory2 move to directory0 2 Can this happen for all content, not just media files, i.e. such as cover art jpgs pngs, lyrics files and others if any (nfo, txt, etc)? 3 Can this happen with relative paths preferably? Thanks a lot for your help. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/2 "2020-07-08T11:34:44Z")
Use Convert\>Tag-Tag or an action of the type "Format value" for \_directory (you may have to type it in the field box). Type in as Format string: the path to the target directory. You have to decide whether a relative path is enough or an absolute path would be safer. As you rename the directory, every file that is in this directory is also moved to the new location. ---
**Author:** ![dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dev91618)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/3 "2020-07-15T08:09:24Z")
Wow. This moves the png files also. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dev91618)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/4 "2020-07-15T11:56:17Z")
Somehow it doesn't like it when I add $validate in front of the resulting directory name. Is that your experience also? ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/5 "2020-07-15T12:25:38Z")
No. $validate() usually leads to valid filenames. So an example that fails would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dev91618](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dev91618)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/6 "2020-07-16T21:01:58Z")
My bad entirely, $validate(expression,replacement) works perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-folders-into-a-new-one/49567/7 "2020-08-15T21:02:03Z")
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