# Support

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## [clicking on album art in MP3tag doesn't always expand](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clicking-on-album-art-in-mp3tag-doesnt-always-expand/13030)

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**Author:** [@camelx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/camelx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clicking-on-album-art-in-mp3tag-doesnt-always-expand/13030 "2012-02-01T17:56:57Z")

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Sometimes I can double click and the album art expands in viewer window so I can see details better. Many times it does not, so I have to use explorer and go to folder and double click on the folder.jpg to expand and see…

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## [If %directory% \< 4 letters use %parent\_directory%+%directory% ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-directory-4-letters-use-parent-directory-directory/13029)

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**Author:** [@Da\_maniaC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Da_maniaC)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-directory-4-letters-use-parent-directory-directory/13029 "2012-02-01T17:26:22Z")

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Hi all, I was wondering if it would be possible to create an action to automatically fill all my “ArtistAlbum” fields with the Album name (which is always located in the directory name)? Unless: the directory name is 4…

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## [All my tags are gone in MP3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-my-tags-are-gone-in-mp3tag/13014)

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**Author:** [@Hgreen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hgreen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-my-tags-are-gone-in-mp3tag/13014 "2012-02-01T14:38:56Z")

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Hi All I have a big problem with the tags in my intire musiccollection (25000+ songs). After having tried to clean up a bit in the tags suddently i cant se any of my tags in mp3tag. If i open the songs in windows (media…

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## [Export to xls or csv](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-xls-or-csv/13031)

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**Author:** [@notterfamily](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/notterfamily)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-xls-or-csv/13031 "2012-02-01T08:20:18Z")

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Is there a method to export a few columns to Excel or to a csv file? I’ve tried the supplied formats but I’m not getting what I want. I would like the columns, Artist, Title and Genre to be exported to 3 distinct colum…

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## [As can be called a tag ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/as-can-be-called-a-tag/13026)

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**Author:** [@TGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGK)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/as-can-be-called-a-tag/13026 "2012-01-31T19:16:22Z")

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Hi ! What is the name tag : “Audio file information webpage” What is the value entered in the field ?

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## [Losing %track% and %year% tags when moving files with format value.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027)

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**Author:** [@Trapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trapper)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027 "2012-01-31T07:30:53Z")

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OK, i’ve looked through a lot of the forum and come across this problem once before, but it didn’t seem to be resolved. I’m currently digitising my entire collection and have some stored on a WHS server and some on a …

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## [what is the process of removeing "no" from song](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-process-of-removeing-no-from-song/13025)

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**Author:** [@sumitborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sumitborele)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-process-of-removeing-no-from-song/13025 "2012-01-31T05:14:10Z")

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how to erase all track no begin from song names…

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## [How to filter files with more than "basic" set of tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-files-with-more-than-basic-set-of-tags/13021)

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**Author:** [@vphreeze](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vphreeze)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-files-with-more-than-basic-set-of-tags/13021 "2012-01-30T21:48:53Z")

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basically, i only use artist, albumartist, album, track, title, composer, year, genre and embedded cover art. how would i go about creating a filter to show me any files than contain any tags besides the ones listed abov…

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## [Tags appearing that I can't see](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-appearing-that-i-cant-see/12981)

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**Author:** [@bobbydriver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobbydriver)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-appearing-that-i-cant-see/12981 "2012-01-30T11:58:09Z")

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Bit of a strange situation. I have cleaned up my library and removed all tags that I don’t use and left all my mp3s with only ID3v2.3 tags. However, when my squeezebox server does a full clear and rescan there are 46 m…

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## [remove track no](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-no/13019)

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**Author:** [@rahulborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rahulborele)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-no/13019 "2012-01-30T05:22:13Z")

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how to remove track no without changing song name.

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## [How to delete VLC player cache](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-vlc-player-cache/13017)

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**Author:** [@rahulborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rahulborele)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-vlc-player-cache/13017 "2012-01-29T12:44:24Z")

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i want to change front cover image but it takes previous image which i use, suggest me how to change image on every new song

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## [mp3 files not showing up in windows 7](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-files-not-showing-up-in-windows-7/12146)

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**Author:** [@skywalker\_10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skywalker_10)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-files-not-showing-up-in-windows-7/12146 "2012-01-29T11:54:38Z")

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I have got a new computer. It’s running Windows 7 - latest edition. I have used mp3 tag successfully before on my old computer running windows xp. I have downloaded the latest edition of mp3 tag - v.2.49 and installed in…

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## [Simple tagging question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-tagging-question/12998)

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**Author:** [@RoronoaDSanji](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RoronoaDSanji)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-tagging-question/12998 "2012-01-28T03:33:44Z")

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Hi, not sure this is the right place to ask i have searched, maybe i didnt get the search terms right anyway, im trying to change all my mp3 file’s Date tag i initially tagged them as YYYY.MM.DD (with a period separa…

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## [Extra tags in a file \*. ape - How?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extra-tags-in-a-file-ape-how/13008)

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**Author:** [@TGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extra-tags-in-a-file-ape-how/13008 "2012-01-27T18:28:02Z")

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There are 3 files: A). Cd 1.Dragonfly - A Voyage Into Trance.ape 2). Cd 1.Dragonfly - A Voyage Into Trance.ape.cue 3). Cd 1.Dragonfly - A Voyage Into Trance.wav.cue Source tag - www.discogs.com How to register in th…

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## [Can't generate tag from filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-generate-tag-from-filename/13004)

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**Author:** [@RoverZ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RoverZ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-generate-tag-from-filename/13004 "2012-01-27T15:39:28Z")

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Hello, I recently downloaded a set of songs. They are in Japanese, however, and the tags for them are all messed up. I was able to fix every tag except for of course the track title tag. The filename has the correct trac…

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## [Download all images from the release?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/download-all-images-from-the-release/12997)

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**Author:** [@TGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/download-all-images-from-the-release/12997 "2012-01-27T14:35:39Z")

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Hello ! How to download / save to a folder with the music (hard drive) all full-size image (artwork, scans disks) found out the release - on www.discogs.com with mp3tag? …

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## [How do I add bitrate to the Tag Panel?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-bitrate-to-the-tag-panel/12994)

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**Author:** [@woodfold](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woodfold)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-bitrate-to-the-tag-panel/12994 "2012-01-25T22:13:53Z")

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I want to add bitrate to the Tag Panel but can’t find it. Is it named differently? Or just not in the list at all?

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## [Editing panel tags (ctrl + Q), how?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-panel-tags-ctrl-q-how/12996)

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**Author:** [@TGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-panel-tags-ctrl-q-how/12996 "2012-01-25T19:46:58Z")

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Hello Is it possible to swap fields displayed on the tag, without resorting to the sort of program options, as well as whether it is possible to remove / swap the default fields that you can not remove / configure - tit…

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## [I need to combine title with year in the title field.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-combine-title-with-year-in-the-title-field/12992)

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**Author:** [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-combine-title-with-year-in-the-title-field/12992 "2012-01-25T19:28:17Z")

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I’ve searched and tried several combinations and nothing has worked. I’ve used Format \> Title \> %title%%year% and %title% %year% and %title% ~ %year%. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

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## [Renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming/12990)

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**Author:** [@Canibe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Canibe)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming/12990 "2012-01-25T12:51:40Z")

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Hey guys, I am trying to edit the first part of all these videos but I am very confused. Please Help me. \[image\] I want to remove the part with this "Video #??? - " Thanks

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## [Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art/12991)

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**Author:** [@klipsch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/klipsch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art/12991 "2012-01-25T05:23:19Z")

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I have a large collection of MP3’s that I am trying to update the Tag info. I noticed that more and more of my mp3’s were not showing cover art withing MP3Tag app but I recall them having art on my mp3 player (non-ipod).…

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## [mark multiple files under Paralles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mark-multiple-files-under-paralles/12983)

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**Author:** [@kurt1232](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kurt1232)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mark-multiple-files-under-paralles/12983 "2012-01-24T07:57:32Z")

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Hi, I’m using mp3tag under Windows XP with Parallels and Mac OS Lion. Unfortunately, I cannot mark multiple files within mp3tag. Just sometimes it works for some seconds but normally it’s not possible with the common key…

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## [ID3v2.4 tag Year not shown](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-4-tag-year-not-shown/12979)

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**Author:** [@Roadrunner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Roadrunner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-4-tag-year-not-shown/12979 "2012-01-24T04:51:36Z")

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mp3 files tagged with linux package eyeD3 do show the Year tag when shown in MP3TAG. eyeD3 defaults to ID3v2.4 and can read the year tag on previously tagged files. Should ID3v2.4 generally be avoided ?

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## [removing last word/number ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-last-word-number/12872)

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**Author:** [@sergeant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sergeant)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-last-word-number/12872 "2012-01-23T19:32:11Z")

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Hey guys How can I remove only the last word or number from a filename or a title ? Example: How do I eliminate “1957” from “ricky nelson - your true love 1957” and similar filenames ? Please note that the words in t…

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## [Separate album art results in album clone?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-album-art-results-in-album-clone/12978)

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**Author:** [@ChexGuy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChexGuy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-album-art-results-in-album-clone/12978 "2012-01-23T05:07:53Z")

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I use my phone to play music, and I recently started using Mp3tag to put the album art in. My phone’s music player also has an album filter, but I’ve noticed that using two different images for album art with one album n…

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## [ARTIST to ALBUMARTIST, but only when ALBUMARTIST is blank](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-to-albumartist-but-only-when-albumartist-is-blank/12973)

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**Author:** [@adrianh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/adrianh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-to-albumartist-but-only-when-albumartist-is-blank/12973 "2012-01-22T18:50:33Z")

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Hi I hope somebody can help. I want to update all my ALBUMARTIST fields from ARTIST but only when ALBUMARTIST is blank. I searched the forum and tried making an format value action but I can’t find where I can specifi…

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## [Adding the same text to artist name without removing any tag info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-the-same-text-to-artist-name-without-removing-any-tag-info/12970)

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**Author:** [@wfujay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wfujay)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-the-same-text-to-artist-name-without-removing-any-tag-info/12970 "2012-01-22T17:08:54Z")

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Is there a way to do this? For instance if I want to add "VA - " to the beginning of each artist name without removing any portion of the artist tag info that is already there. It’s pretty tedious to have to manually a…

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## [Webpage opens when launching Mp3 Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/webpage-opens-when-launching-mp3-tag/12974)

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**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/webpage-opens-when-launching-mp3-tag/12974 "2012-01-22T16:34:56Z")

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Yeah, weird… Every time I launch Mp3 Tag, the Mp3Tag webpage opens up to the the new Mp3 version changes… How do I stop this from happening… Thanks

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## [Add "Cd #" to "%ALBUM%" for albums with multiple CDs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cd-to-album-for-albums-with-multiple-cds/12971)

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**Author:** [@SataS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SataS)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cd-to-album-for-albums-with-multiple-cds/12971 "2012-01-21T23:05:40Z")

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I asked about this before and it worked but now for some reason this doesnt return the CD # to add to the ALBUM tag… Filter: “%\_filename%” MATCHES “^(.+?) - (.+?) - (.+?)$” AND “%\_directory%” MATCHES “^CD\\s\*\\d+$” Conve…

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## [Remove Part of the File name, after the "-"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-the-file-name-after-the/12965)

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**Author:** [@monet60707](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/monet60707)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-the-file-name-after-the/12965 "2012-01-21T19:40:15Z")

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Hi, Can you help me with Regular Expressions? I want to remove part of the file name after the dash “-” e.g. Depeche Mode - People Are People should become just Depeche Mode. I figured out the way to do it with single w…

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