# Tag to tag artist to composer blanks artist

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158 "2023-06-01T20:50:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimlogan60)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/1 "2023-06-01T20:50:46Z")

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Trying to move artist tag info to composer tag info but gettting no result except loss of artist tag info

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8133858eef996b0c600e851b4b292e0799550438.png)

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**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/2 "2023-06-01T20:53:50Z")

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You have these backwards. You want to set the field COMPOSER and the format string should be %artist%.

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**Author:** ![jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimlogan60)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/3 "2023-06-01T20:54:33Z")

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I'll try now, thanks

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**Author:** ![jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimlogan60)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/4 "2023-06-01T20:56:43Z")

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That worked, thanks so much.

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**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/5 "2023-06-01T20:58:38Z")

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Just remember, for most actions you first tell mp3tag what field you want to adjust, then you give it guidance on how you want it to get there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158/6 "2023-07-01T20:59:24Z")

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