# Tagg all files within a group of folders
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056 "2018-06-27T13:55:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@kappclark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kappclark)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/1 "2018-06-27T13:55:32Z")
Great software - As I learn more, I hope to contribute to the forum..
One item has me puzzled - I
have a music folder of "Crooners". (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald etc .. )
Songs are in folders named for the Artist (no surprise here)
Can MP3Tag tag these files all at once somehow recursively ? What is the best way tp get tags to all the files in these folders ??
Thank you --
Bill Clark, Windham, VT
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/2 "2018-06-27T15:49:12Z")
What information is where available?
To get information from the file names and folders 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…
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### Author:  [@kappclark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kappclark)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/3 "2018-06-27T17:49:10Z")
Thank you for your reply ...I have used the tag converter succesfully in tagging hundreds of mp3's from file names - a fabulous feature..
I should be more specific - How can I tag the genre field and the Album field with the same value to 500 files nested below my Crooners folder, collected across 50 folders (all under the main folder called Crooners) ?
Maybe a script ? I have been looking around, but cannot seem to find the method
Thank you again,
Bill Clark
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/4 "2018-06-27T18:11:48Z")
> [@kappclark](#):
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> How can I tag the genre field and the Album field with the same value to 500 files
Load the files into MP3tag.
Select all the files that should get the same data in a field (e.g. Genre should get "Pop")
Enter "Pop" in the tag panel (default: on the left of the files list) in the field for "Genre"
Press Ctrl-S to save the changes or click on the "Save" button in the tool bar.
I think it is not necessary to repeat the description for ALBUM - yet I wonder which album has 500 tracks ....
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### Author:  [@kappclark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kappclark)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/5 "2018-06-27T18:42:34Z")
HI - Thanks ---
I was thinking too much about this .. I simply dragged the folder onto the shortcut for MP3Tag and VOILA - all the files were there ! Fabulous.
I am using "Album" a bit differently here (HA HA) more like a playlist.. I may start to make different albums based on the Artist ..I think I just want some initial consistency ,
Thanks again
Bill Clark
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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/tagg-all-files-within-a-group-of-folders/42056/6 "2026-02-09T12:27:29Z")