# 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")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@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")

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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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