# Need hep with auto number the track titles. **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 15, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602 "2017-12-15T07:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/1 "2017-12-15T07:02:03Z")
Hi guys got a lot of EPs and albums but the tag has their correct artist and title but all I want to do is be able to insert the correct track numbers before each track. I wondered what feature on mp3tag can apply the track numbers to the titles going by the tag. Thanks ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/2 "2017-12-15T07:06:44Z")
> [@Mart](#): > > ... can apply the track numbers to the titles going by the tag. > > Thanks I am not quite sure what you mean by that. Is the tracknumber already there in some part of another tag field or the filename? But perhaps a look at tools\>Track numbering assistant already solves your problem. ---
**Author:** ![MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/3 "2017-12-15T07:19:27Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > I am not quite sure what you mean by that. Is the tracknumber already there in some part of another tag field or the filename? > > But perhaps a look at tools\>Track numbering assistant > already solves your problem. Yes its quite hard to explain. This is what i wouldl ike the tracks to look like "01 Artist - Title" "02 Artist - Title" etc etc However at the moment the tags are correctly done but not the file names themselves. So i wonder if somehting can auto number the actual filenames? Thanks ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/4 "2017-12-15T08:30:01Z")
> [@Mart](#): > > ...So i wonder if somehting can auto number the actual filenames? > > Thanks Why not rename the files from the tag data then? Convert\>Tag-Filename format string: $num(%track%,2) \_ %artist% \_ %title% You can use any character you like for the \_ that I used. A character that is not used in ordinary language makes it simpler to retrieve the information from the filename if this should be necessary some time in the future. ---
**Author:** ![MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/5 "2017-12-15T08:38:02Z")
You hit the nail on the head there 😃 Thanks so much Now the other thing I wanted to mention is the folder names... For example: Jack Tennis - Everybody [Midnight Riot] As you can see it has Midnight Riot in the brackets. This is the record label.... I have folders and folders like this each including the record label inside the [] So is there a way i can bulk select all folders and remove this whole part of the folder name: [] Thanks ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/6 "2017-12-15T08:56:51Z")
> [@Mart](#): > > ... > For example: Jack Tennis - Everybody [Midnight Riot] > ... > So is there a way i can bulk select all folders and remove this whole part of the folder name: [] > > Thanks It looks like the contents of the field ARTIST to me. So, you could use the function Convert\>Tag-Tag for field \_DIRECTORY Format string: %artist% (or as format string %ALBUMARTIST% which ever is better) This renames the whole folder. This may merge folders if there are already folders that had that name or get the new name. ---
**Author:** ![MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/7 "2017-12-15T09:04:54Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > It looks like the contents of the field ARTIST to me. > So, you could use the function > Convert\>Tag-Tag for field \_DIRECTORY > Format string: %artist% > (or as format string %ALBUMARTIST% which ever is better) > This renames the whole folder. > This may merge folders if there are already folders that had that name or get the new name. thank you so much again for the quick response and help. ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602/8 "2026-02-09T12:27:08Z")