# Pasting the filenames into the title field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956 "2025-03-24T20:44:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mojofilter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mojofilter)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/1 "2025-03-24T20:44:23Z")
I've got about 20-odd thousand directories of FLAC files. Thousands of them have no tag of any kind, just the list of filenames, or Track01. Instead of copying each title and pasting it in the Title field, and going back to delete the track numbers, is there a function I'm missing in the program that will copy these names and paste them in the Title column? I know zero about programming languages. If it can be done by creating a filter, if it can be accomplished by a command that has % in it, I am lost because I don't know what the coding symbols are for or how they work. I've done this manual procedure over 5000 times because I can't find anything in the program that has any effect on the filenames. Help?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/2 "2025-03-24T20:48:49Z")
> [@mojofilter](#):
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> I can't find anything in the program that has any effect on the filenames. Help?
Help: in the documentation?
> **[Import Tags from File and Folder Names – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-filenames/)**
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> Documentation on Filename to Tag, a converter to import tags from file and folder names. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
> [@mojofilter](#):
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> if it can be accomplished by a command that has % in it, I am lost because I
Then MP3tag is not the best program for you.
For a more detailed help, a screenshot of a real filename would be nice.
This should show filenames with track numbers (if there are any) and filenames without (if there are any)
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### Author:  [@mojofilter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mojofilter)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/3 "2025-03-24T20:54:55Z")
I would just like to be able to copy those filenames and paste them in the next field over.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/4 "2025-03-24T20:56:26Z")
Try Convert\>Filename-Tag
Format string: %track% %title%
This function can be used on all selected files and will work only for those that match the pattern
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### Author:  [@mojofilter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mojofilter)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/5 "2025-03-24T20:59:12Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> %track% %title%
Thank you so much for helping out! That was exactly what I needed.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/6 "2025-03-25T10:38:34Z")
Perhaps you could take this one step further if the folder names have the album and/or AlbumArtist details? Add a column to show the path in your screenshot. This could help to add a few more tag fields.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pasting-the-filenames-into-the-title-field/67956/7 "2025-04-24T10:39:02Z")
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