# Support

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## [How do I add a Compilation tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-a-compilation-tag/7273)

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**Author:** [@greenparent](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/greenparent)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-a-compilation-tag/7273 "2008-10-03T03:57:48Z")

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Sorry, first post here, so if this has been asked before I can’t find it! Have only just downloaded Mp3Tag :slight\_smile: I have just bought a SqueezeBox 3 and have been transferring music but it didn’t show Various Art…

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## [Filenames to tags and uppercase](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-to-tags-and-uppercase/7265)

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**Author:** [@JediSthlm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JediSthlm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-to-tags-and-uppercase/7265 "2008-10-02T19:38:29Z")

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Howdy! I searched the forum but found nothing that would help me. It’s really some strange files I have, help would be great :slight\_smile: My files have no tags. I want to get the tags from the filename. The file na…

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## [How to replace the Title tag with filename w/o extension?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-the-title-tag-with-filename-w-o-extension/7268)

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**Author:** [@Nelson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nelson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-the-title-tag-with-filename-w-o-extension/7268 "2008-10-02T18:54:39Z")

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Hi, I would like to set the title tag with the file name without the extension. This needs to be done to a large number of files. Is there a way (like an action) to accomplish this with Mp3tag v2.41? Thanks, Nelson

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## [Album Art size differs after copy/paste](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-size-differs-after-copy-paste/7252)

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**Author:** [@cdturri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cdturri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-size-differs-after-copy-paste/7252 "2008-10-02T17:36:14Z")

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Has anyone noticed that the Album Art size differs after copy/paste is done? This is what I am doing: I select a song that has Album Art. I right click on the Album Art and select “Copy cover”. I select another song w…

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## [Corrupt Tags on MP3 player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/corrupt-tags-on-mp3-player/7264)

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**Author:** [@jonhinch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jonhinch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/corrupt-tags-on-mp3-player/7264 "2008-10-02T17:13:44Z")

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Hello, I feel sure this must be covered somewhere but I can’t think how to search for it, so sorry if it has. I have noticed my cheap MP3 players show tags in a corrupted way when I have edited the MP3 in MP3TAG 2.41. …

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## [MP3TAG crashes as I add folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-crashes-as-i-add-folder/7239)

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**Author:** [@henke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-crashes-as-i-add-folder/7239 "2008-10-02T15:07:01Z")

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I love MP3TAG and it does almost everything I need. However, of some strange reason, it just crashes on me as I add a new folder. Now error-message whatsoever. Is there any logfile generated somewhere?

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## [Is this possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-this-possible/7270)

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**Author:** [@lightnin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lightnin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-this-possible/7270 "2008-10-02T11:14:45Z")

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Hi folks, hope you “RegEx-Experts” :wink: can help me out with this one: I want to store the Version Information (e.g. Remix, 12-Inch Version, etc.) in a separate Field called %Version%. Until now I have stored these…

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## ['script' tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-tag/7247)

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**Author:** [@M.A.X](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/M.A.X)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-tag/7247 "2008-09-30T14:58:16Z")

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I have a few non-English songs in my library, when viewed in mp3tag it looks fine: Artist: Кино Title: Война But when I view the files in windows explorer (winxp), all I see is “???” for both tag values… Anyone have …

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## [Embedded Album Art in AAC Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art-in-aac-tags/6975)

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**Author:** [@drbeachboy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drbeachboy)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art-in-aac-tags/6975 "2008-09-28T16:04:01Z")

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Hi Florian, My m4a files are encoded by Nero, using Mp3tag 2.41a to embed the front and back album art. All album art shows as “Front Cover”. If I try to change it, the change shows in the window, but as I soon I press …

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## [Deleting Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248)

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**Author:** [@daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daveshear)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248 "2008-09-27T19:25:00Z")

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When I highlight files and hit the delete key, the files disappear. I then shut down MP3tag and reopen it only to find the files are back. How can I permanetely delete them?

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## [Problem with Blank Spaces at End of Title and before .mp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251)

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**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251 "2008-09-27T16:54:08Z")

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Hi everyone, I am having an odd problem. I have an mp3: “John Silver - On The hill .mp3” Notice that space after the word “hill”. To get rid of that blank space I wrote this: Actions / Replace “\_FILENAME”: " .mp3" -\> …

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## [(APIC) How Can You Delete Cover Art Stored in ID3v2.3.0](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apic-how-can-you-delete-cover-art-stored-in-id3v2-3-0/7246)

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**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apic-how-can-you-delete-cover-art-stored-in-id3v2-3-0/7246 "2008-09-27T01:40:21Z")

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It seems like people are adding all kinds of fields inside mp3’s now. Is there anyway using actions that I can have mp3tag delete all fields except for lets say ARTIST;TITLE; just as example. This way we don’t have to wo…

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## [how to space a filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-space-a-filename/7238)

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**Author:** [@qt4eva](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/qt4eva)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-space-a-filename/7238 "2008-09-26T20:18:10Z")

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Hello everyone, I am new here and would like to ask on how to do this. I have several file name is this fashion: NameNameName.mp3 how to I change it to this: Name Name Name.mp3 thank

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## [iTunes Music Videos](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-music-videos/7172)

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**Author:** [@exit\_117](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/exit_117)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-music-videos/7172 "2008-09-26T16:52:39Z")

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In Mp3tag, there is a field called “ITUNESMUSICVIDEO.” I want to use it to make my music videos be recognized as such by iTunes, but I don’t know how to use that field in Mp3tag, and I have been unable to get it to work …

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## [Select/Delete Websource Results](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-delete-websource-results/7228)

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**Author:** [@00023](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/00023)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-delete-websource-results/7228 "2008-09-26T10:40:18Z")

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Is there a way to only use selected results of a web-search? Sometimes I want to leave some existing fields alone, while replacing others. E.g.: I like the way the ALBUM tag is formatted better than the websource result…

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## [Cannot change album art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-change-album-art/7221)

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**Author:** [@Wolters](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wolters)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-change-album-art/7221 "2008-09-26T08:45:25Z")

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Hi, When I try to add an album art to an album and right click the square on the left hand side, I can navigate down to where the jpg-file is, and the picture is also displayed correctly in the square. BUT when I press …

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## [Convert  - Tag-\>-Filename Deletes my files !!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-deletes-my-files/7180)

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**Author:** [@webrits](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/webrits)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-deletes-my-files/7180 "2008-09-26T08:20:30Z")

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As the topic title really. Ever since I’ve upgraded mp3tag to 2.41 and I “Convert - Tag-\>-Filename” the path field of all the highlighted tracks goes blank and the tracks get deleted. I check the preview of the convers…

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## [How to leave existing tag values?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-leave-existing-tag-values/7240)

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**Author:** [@M.A.X](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/M.A.X)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-leave-existing-tag-values/7240 "2008-09-26T07:45:15Z")

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Hi I’m wondering if there is any way to ‘leave alone’ any existing tag values while processing tags. Here is my scenario: I have songs where the title tag is empy I also have songs where the title tag has values I wa…

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## [how do make Action to add space between dashes?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-make-action-to-add-space-between-dashes/7242)

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**Author:** [@M.A.X](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/M.A.X)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-make-action-to-add-space-between-dashes/7242 "2008-09-26T06:03:17Z")

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Hi I’m wondering how to implement an Action which will modify the FILENAME of my mp3 files, and add spaces between dashes “-” in the filename (if the spaces are not already there). Some example of what I’m wanting it t…

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## [Problem on how iTunes embeds the Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-on-how-itunes-embeds-the-cover-art/7225)

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**Author:** [@cdturri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cdturri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-on-how-itunes-embeds-the-cover-art/7225 "2008-09-25T06:08:14Z")

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It appears that iTunes is now using the “PRIV” frame to embed the cover art using ID3v2 instead of the standard “APIC” frame. This leads to some issues, see this post. Any ideas if Mp3Tag can copy/move the contents of th…

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## [Saving album art when doing album searches](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-album-art-when-doing-album-searches/7226)

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**Author:** [@cdturri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cdturri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-album-art-when-doing-album-searches/7226 "2008-09-22T07:00:34Z")

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When doing album searches in Amazon I select the album I want to use after a search and I get to the “Adjust tag information” screen, is there any way to stop Mp3Tag from modifying the song tags? For instance it sometime…

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## [Autonumbering Via Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-via-actions/7218)

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**Author:** [@chayes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chayes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-via-actions/7218 "2008-09-20T20:22:21Z")

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HI I want to autonumber some tracks via the actions dialog. I want to renumber with the tracks to have leading zeros , and to reset the counter for each directory. I know i can do this from the wizard in the toolbar ,…

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## [Isolating portion of file name and use as title tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195)

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**Author:** [@PlanetOrigo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PlanetOrigo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/isolating-portion-of-file-name-and-use-as-title-tag/7195 "2008-09-20T12:17:46Z")

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Hi gang, The subject line should read “…use as title tag”, sorry 'bout that. I have recently started to use MP3tag 2.41. I have a number of MP3 and flac files that have this filename structure: Circular - Glass darkly…

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## [Feature request - rewrite tags (for iTune issues)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-rewrite-tags-for-itune-issues/7217)

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**Author:** [@DSEyers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DSEyers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-rewrite-tags-for-itune-issues/7217 "2008-09-20T12:14:17Z")

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Use iTunes and after a while some songs would not play, well all the songs in an album! So removed the ablum from iTunes and try to re-add, but would not go in. Tried opening in other player WMP and worked fine and tag…

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## [Help- Selectng Track Problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-selectng-track-problem/6395)

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**Author:** [@brianbh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brianbh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-selectng-track-problem/6395 "2008-09-19T15:34:33Z")

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Hi Everyone, I just updated to version 2.4 and I use the Amazon database to tag individual MP3 tracks. With this new version, I can’t figure out how to select the correct track on the album for the tag. In the older v…

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## [Need help with replace Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206)

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**Author:** [@MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MuckleEck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206 "2008-09-19T05:18:32Z")

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Hi, I have the complete works by Bach \*The Bach Edition" and wish to add the CD Volume and Disc Number into the Album title i.e. Current Album Title Bach Edition: Masses BWV 233 & 234 Current CD Number V-03 I want …

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## [Removing leading and trailing spaces from content inside brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-content-inside-brackets/7214)

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**Author:** [@Harakiri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Harakiri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-content-inside-brackets/7214 "2008-09-18T13:05:36Z")

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Hello! I have several files named in this fashion: After the Fire - Der Kommisar ( 12’’ Extended remix ).mp3 Arrow - Hot hot hot ( Original extended version ).mp3 Book of Love - I touch roses ( Long stemmed version )…

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## [filename ? ver 3.3.0    mass edit regular expression?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-ver-3-3-0-mass-edit-regular-expression/7212)

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**Author:** [@Joe\_G](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Joe_G)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-ver-3-3-0-mass-edit-regular-expression/7212 "2008-09-18T05:50:46Z")

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New question… I got the previous ones… ok so now i try to edit Version 1 and version 2 so they look the same and i make the changes and save them but it dosent work … i leave the folder and them come back the changes d…

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## [selectively remove tag-filename formulas?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-remove-tag-filename-formulas/7209)

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**Author:** [@bobkoure](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobkoure)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-remove-tag-filename-formulas/7209 "2008-09-17T11:13:20Z")

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I’ve accumulated quite a few tag-filename and filename-tag formulas. Many were one-offs for particular albums. Is there any way I can selectively remove these? They look to be in %userprofile%\\application data\\mp3tag\\m…

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## [Importing track numbers from text file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-track-numbers-from-text-file/7198)

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**Author:** [@jayp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jayp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-track-numbers-from-text-file/7198 "2008-09-16T10:57:05Z")

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I love Mp3tag! Its easy and flexible, and has only gotten better over time. I’ve run into a need that I can’t seem to figure out how to solve though. I’ve got several hundred mp3 files that are animal vocalizations (bi…

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