# tagging from directory structure **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650 **Category:** Support **Created:** [December 18, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650 "2005-12-18T17:07:22Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![asellke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@asellke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asellke) #### Post date: [December 18, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/1 "2005-12-18T17:07:22Z")
Love this product... and it just keeps getting better. Thank you! I'm wondering if there's a way to tag multiple files in multiple directories based on the file path/directory structure (i.e C:..\ArtistFolder\AlbumFolder --\> Artist = ArtistFolder Name and Album = AlbumFolder Name). Many thanks. 😳 ---
### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian) #### Post date: [December 18, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/2 "2005-12-18T17:50:52Z")
Just use %artist%\%album%... as format string. Best regards, ~ Florian ---
### Author: ![asellke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@asellke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asellke) #### Post date: [December 18, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/3 "2005-12-18T18:43:55Z")
Thank you! ---
### Author: ![EnriqueP](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@EnriqueP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/EnriqueP) #### Post date: [December 27, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/4 "2005-12-27T22:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Just use %artist%\%album%... as format string. > > \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\> Mmmm... that's exactly my problem. I have many files with a folder structure of "ROOT\Artist\Album\Title.mp3", but with no tags whatsoever ![:unsure:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/cfaeba84fe6704387c5b34dfdd8172bd51b6f533.gif ":unsure:") . Florian, I am sorry to insist, but could you give me a little more detail of where I should use that "format string"? - I am famiuliar with the basics of MP3TAG, but have never entered into this level of "complication" (... for me), and am now lost. Thanks in advance and greetings from sunny Spain. -Enrique ---
### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares) #### Post date: [December 27, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/5 "2005-12-27T22:16:52Z")
Either click on the ![:mt_ftt:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/6ab8d95b0c2a82cb4f9b0eb16ea87ad3a6575015.png ":mt\_ftt:") icon from the toolbar or press ALT+2. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![EnriqueP](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@EnriqueP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/EnriqueP) #### Post date: [December 27, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/6 "2005-12-27T22:26:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Either click on the ![:mt_ftt:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/6ab8d95b0c2a82cb4f9b0eb16ea87ad3a6575015.png ":mt\_ftt:") icon from the toolbar or press ALT+2. 🙂 > > \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\> OK, I have it now. And I can't say it wasn't well explained in the help files (... it was!), sorry and thank you for your time 🙂 Best from Madrid, -Enrique ---
### 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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-directory-structure/2650/7 "2026-02-09T12:19:33Z")