# New user, help with basic tagging

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 11, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402 "2014-12-11T09:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Becko](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Becko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Becko)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402/1 "2014-12-11T09:18:12Z")

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Hello,  
using the program for the first time, probably a stupid question for a basic thing, but I can't figure it out (and I read the help first)

My problem is the following:  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/8dd60d96ce62b7c6f1364c63c8cb9956a613fbbb.jpg)

Please tell me how to fix this issue, which appears on multiple files.

thanks in advance

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/8dd60d96ce62b7c6f1364c63c8cb9956a613fbbb.jpg)

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**Author:** ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402/2 "2014-12-11T09:34:50Z")

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For your format string use:

%artist% - %title%

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**Author:** ![Becko](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Becko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Becko)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402/3 "2014-12-11T16:37:55Z")

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It worked. I knew it was going to be simple. Thanks guy!

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:24Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC