# Suggestion: Path -\> Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-path-tag/41919
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-path-tag/41919 "2018-06-11T11:17:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@HelenofTroy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HelenofTroy)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-path-tag/41919/1 "2018-06-11T11:17:16Z")
Hey there, new member and loyal user of this software here.
Often when I'm doing tagging work I run into the issue that the album and artist are covered not in the filename but rather in the file path, usual in the two folders above the file. I'd love to see an addition that allows you to use the file path to tag the files, it would save me a tremendous amount of time.
Kind regards, Helen
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-path-tag/41919/2 "2018-06-11T11:22:42Z")
See the FAQs on how to use also the path as source for tags:
> [@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…
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### Author:  [@HelenofTroy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HelenofTroy)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-path-tag/41919/3 "2018-06-11T11:31:37Z")
Now I feel like a %dummy%, thanks for the help! \<3