# Action for removing the first X number of characters from field X

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-for-removing-the-first-x-number-of-characters-from-field-x/14926
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**Created:** [July 25, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-for-removing-the-first-x-number-of-characters-from-field-x/14926 "2013-07-25T17:59:21Z")
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### Author: ![tate13](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tate13](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tate13)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-for-removing-the-first-x-number-of-characters-from-field-x/14926/1 "2013-07-25T17:59:21Z")

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For example: I want to remove the first 4 characters from the Artist title after using the "Filename - Tag" action.  
Like this:

"01. Artist"

to:

"Artist"

So how would I create an action for that?

1. To remove the first/last X number of characters.

2. To remove whatever number of characters from a specific point of a field (for example the first three characters after the first four characters)

Thanks! 🙂

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