# Automatic removal of files from list after renaming
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-removal-of-files-from-list-after-renaming/5685
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-removal-of-files-from-list-after-renaming/5685 "2007-11-03T17:55:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@kmiecikj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kmiecikj)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-removal-of-files-from-list-after-renaming/5685/1 "2007-11-03T17:55:18Z")
Hey everyone,
Been using Mp3tag for quite a while. I recently had to reinstall Windows and forgot to look at my old Mp3tag settings before doing so. When doing a Tag -\> Filename function, I use the following string:
**z:\Music$left(%artist%,1)\%artist%\%album%\%track% - %artist% - %title%**
Before my reinstall, the files would automatically be removed from the file list with no input on my part necessary. Now, I have to refresh the working directory to make this happen.
This could be a disparity between versions, but am I missing an option somewhere?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-removal-of-files-from-list-after-renaming/5685/2 "2007-11-04T18:12:35Z")
This is an intentionally change. You can simply hit the [Del] key to remove the files from the list (they won't be deleted).
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-removal-of-files-from-list-after-renaming/5685/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:34Z")