# Reordering proper names in file name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964 "2023-05-13T23:04:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DaPeaceMan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DaPeaceMan)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964/1 "2023-05-13T23:04:54Z")
I would like the program to change
Bobby Vinton to Vinton, Bobby
or
Elvis Presley to Presley, Elvis.
Can it do this?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964/2 "2023-05-14T01:03:55Z")
There are several threads about this here already, this one gets right to the point.
> [@Switching Last and First names of artists and composers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-last-and-first-names-of-artists-and-composers/8321):
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> I have a bunch of files in which artists and composers' names are tagged as "Last, First" and I want to re-tag them as "First Last". What's the fastest way to swith the names of in their respective fields? For example, I currently have Artist: Marriner, Neville Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus and I want to convert them to Artist: Neville Marriner Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Surely somebody's worked through this problem before. If it's a FAQ, I couldn't find it but would appreci…
Keep in mind there are plenty of things to consider before arbitrarily applying this action. Please make sure you filter for only two name artists, and watch for special cases like Pink Floyd.
Depending on your music software, perhaps you can take advantage of the separate sorting tags such as Artistsort, Albumartistsort, Composersort, etc. so that you can leave the displayed original tags as they are now in the correct Firstname Lastname order.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964/3 "2023-06-13T01:04:44Z")
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