# Option to just add folders or files to tagging list without replacing previous
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 23, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220 "2025-11-23T19:48:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Lebon14](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lebon14)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220/1 "2025-11-23T19:48:54Z")
Hey.
It would be nice if we could have an option to just add files to the list of tags to edit instead of replacing everything that’s in the list.
Why?
If I want to copy tags from an old rip of an album to a newer one without having to export the tags first, or just add a bunch of folder you can’t just CTRL-A from a single folder… I just can’t.
Example:
“D:\Artist 1\Album1” has files I want but I also want to tag “D:\Artist 5\Album2”. Unless I move “Album2” in the “Artist 1” folder, I cannot add both albums to MP3tag because Album2 will replace Album1 if I try to add it to the list.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220/2 "2025-11-23T19:51:45Z")
You can add whole folders with `File>Add directory..."` or press Ctrl before you drop any files onto file list.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220/3 "2025-11-23T19:54:15Z")
Or you can [press](https://docs.mp3tag.de/menus/file/#add-directory)
> Ctrl+H
> to Add a directory…
>
> Shows an open dialog to add a directory to the File List of Mp3tag. If you select the **Subfolders** option in this dialog, Mp3tag will also load all supported files from the subfolders of the selected folder.
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### Author:  [@Lebon14](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lebon14)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220/4 "2025-11-23T19:55:59Z")
I usually drag and drop into MP3tag so I’ll take this as the solution. Still, I’d prefer an option for this to be the default behavior.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220/5 "2025-12-23T19:56:14Z")
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