# Select all files of an album or artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 28, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853 "2009-08-28T17:51:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@bert003](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert003)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853/1 "2009-08-28T17:51:53Z")
Hi,
Is there a fast way to select all files from 1 Artist, or from 1 Album? Ofcoarse given those tags are present.
I have to put in Genre tags for many tracks. At this moment I first sort by artist, then select the first file + shift + last file and fill in the tag.
But there might be a smarter way of which I don't know?
I hope there is a way to fast select all tracks from 1 Artist and all tracks from 1 Album.
Thanks, Bert
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853/2 "2009-08-28T22:40:08Z")
I think you've figured out pretty much the easiest way from within Mp3tag. But this and similar capabilities, such as a hotkey to select all tracks in a folder, have been requested a lot lately.
The way I do it is to do all my selection from Windows Explorer using the right-click (context) menu on folders and work with just one artist or one album at a time. Since I keep my music organized in an artist/album folder structure, this is pretty easy.
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### Author:  [@bert003](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert003)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853/3 "2009-08-29T13:27:55Z")
Ok, thanks.
It really would be an advantage if selecting related files would be possible in MP3tag.
I tried to select related folders in Explorer but for some reason when I select more than 15 folders the context MP3Tag contextmenu disappears...
Thanks,
Bert
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### Author:  [@nc30](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nc30)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853/4 "2009-08-30T12:59:24Z")
Hit F3 (or View -\> Filter) and select the field you want to search for.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853/5 "2026-02-09T12:21:45Z")