# Batch convert lyrics to utf-8 encoding

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-convert-lyrics-to-utf-8-encoding/58333
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 26, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-convert-lyrics-to-utf-8-encoding/58333 "2022-08-26T14:46:15Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-convert-lyrics-to-utf-8-encoding/58333/30 "2022-08-30T09:37:24Z")

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This looks like a special space character -  
You could remove any number of spaces with  
Replace with regular expression for LYRICS  
Search string: `\s+`  
Replace with:`_` ← that should be a normal space character

You could also filter for such files:  
%lyrics% MATCHES `\x{2005}`

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