# Split Filename to Title and Artist via Separator
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986 "2018-09-17T01:43:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@padme](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/padme)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986/1 "2018-09-17T01:43:54Z")
Requesting help to Split Filenames to Title and Artist via "-" separator:
From Filename:
Aaliyah - At Your Best (You Are Love)
Angela Bofill - This Time I'll Be Sweeter
Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flower Anymore
What I want to achieve....
The "Angela Bofill" will be copied in Artist and the "This Time I'll be Sweeter" will be copied in Title.... using the "-" separator.
Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986/2 "2018-09-17T05:10:55Z")
See the FAQs:
> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…
Or the help
> **[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.
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### Author:  [@padme](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/padme)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986/3 "2018-09-17T05:34:58Z")
Thanks so much. You definitely answered my question.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-to-title-and-artist-via-separator/42986/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:40Z")