# Tagging after directory

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438 "2018-07-23T13:36:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![floflo79](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@floflo79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/floflo79)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438/1 "2018-07-23T13:36:43Z")

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Hi !  
I've got a little problem with tagging, and i'm completely new to MP3TAG.  
My problem is that I renamed all the folders of my music collection as "artist - album". So I would be very happy if there was a syntax to tag automatically the files after the directory name, only the artist and album tags obviously.  
Any help would be welcome,  
thanks in advance.

PS : Sorry if there are mistakes, i'm french.

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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: [July 23, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438/2 "2018-07-23T13:46:14Z")

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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…

> [@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 folder structure into the tag?

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### Author: ![floflo79](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@floflo79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/floflo79)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438/3 "2018-07-23T14:09:12Z")

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OK, I actually had just a backlash missing. Thanks for the help !

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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: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-after-directory/42438/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:34Z")

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