# Mp3tag changes name of directory
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862 "2021-10-23T23:33:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@thesouvenir](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thesouvenir)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/1 "2021-10-23T23:33:18Z")
Hi there,
Been using Mp3tag for a long time, but this is the first problem I've had with it. Lately when I convert tag-to-filename in a folder that has a leading space (to keep it at the top of the directory it is in) it deletes the space and saves the mp3's in a newly named folder. For example: if I have a folder of mp3's named "_General" (where the "_" stands for an empty space), after converting the mp3's I find them moved to a folder called simply "General" (with the empty space removed).
Hope that's clear enough. Any way to stop this behaviour?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/2 "2021-10-24T00:06:22Z")
I think this recent discussion has covered the issue.
> [@Whitespaces in path are wiped while renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whitespaces-in-path-are-wiped-while-renaming/54411):
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> Hello, I would like to report this problem: I use tag to filename option to organize mp3 files into folders, like this: tag-filename $left(%artist%,1)%artist%%artist% - %title% This should do this with path: from: h:\*\*\*\*\*Sort Music\pending\2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This.mp3 (notice few whitespaces in path, \*) to this: h:\*\*\*\*\*Sort Music\pending\2\2 Unlimited\2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This.mp3 But, since the new 3.09 version, whitespaces get deleted from path, and thus all files get …
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### Author:  [@thesouvenir](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thesouvenir)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/3 "2021-10-24T01:04:59Z")
So, is moving back to mp3tag 3.08 the way to go?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/4 "2021-10-24T02:54:32Z")
Depends on your needs. Note it is actually the OS spec that folders and files _not_ have leading or trailing spaces. Although it seems Windows does cope with this, it doesn’t follow design. @Florian will need to comment to confirm if there are plans to revert to prior design.
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### Author:  [@thesouvenir](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thesouvenir)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/5 "2021-10-24T03:58:13Z")
Yeah, I guess I'll stick with 3.08 for now. I just have too many folders with a leading blank space and replacing them with an under-dash is too aesthetically galling. Shame though, I love the new dark interface (as well as loving the software overall. Long time user here.)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/6 "2021-10-24T08:32:48Z")
> [@thesouvenir](#):
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> if I have a folder of mp3's named "_General" (where the "_" stands for an empty space)
Do you use this spaces for a special sort order?
(Or what else could be the advantage if you can't see this characters?)
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### Author:  [@thesouvenir](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thesouvenir)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/7 "2021-10-24T09:12:42Z")
Yes, I put a single empty space at the beginning of certain folders to keep them at the top of the sort order. The formatting of my original question was skewed in translation (there was an underscore at the beginning of "General" in my description of events that didn't show up for some reason, and that was what was within the empty quotes -- it was supposed to represent an empty space).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-changes-name-of-directory/54862/8 "2026-02-09T12:29:28Z")