Metadata & tag editor
Edit title, artist, album, genre, and year tags before export.
Drop a file here or choose from your device
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A practical guide to Metadata & tag editor
Audio Tag Editor reads supported title, artist, album, genre, and year metadata through the local FFmpeg engine, then lets you review or change those fields before export.
Example: label a recorded lecture series
Set a consistent album name, use the speaker as artist, number titles clearly, and verify the fields in a media player after export.
Task-specific steps
- 1
Open the audio and inspect its existing title, artist, album, genre, year, and other exposed fields.
- 2
Enter consistent values that describe the recording accurately and avoid placing essential data in only one field.
- 3
Export the tagged file, reopen it in the destination player, and confirm that its library view reads the metadata.
Options that affect the result
- Supported existing values populate the title, artist, album, genre, and year fields for review before editing.
- Leaving a field blank can remove or omit that value depending on the output container and tag format.
Limitations to know first
- Players support different tag versions and may ignore or cache fields even when the file contains them.
- Editing tags does not rename the downloaded file automatically or change embedded audio quality.
Questions specific to this task
Why does my player still show the old title?
Its media library may cache metadata. Refresh or remove and re-add the file, then check the file in a second player.
Are audio tags the same as the file name?
No. Tags are stored inside the media container, while the file name is managed separately by the file system.