# Bulk Edit "album" field

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232 "2023-03-01T02:47:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bollie47)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/1 "2023-03-01T02:47:27Z")

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I would appreciate help in bulk renaming the Album field as follows  
Current Album field shows all my Various Artists albums as  
eg VA Super Hits of the 70's  
I wish to remove the VA for all albums.  
I have tried everything but as a novice I am struggling.  
Thanks MarkB

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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:** [March 1, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/2 "2023-03-01T06:12:07Z")

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> [@bollie47](#):
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> I have tried everything

What would that have been?  
Try an action of the type "Replace" for ALBUM  
Search string: VA  
(with a trailing space)  
Replace with:  
(leave empty)

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/3 "2023-03-01T08:18:30Z")

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> [@bollie47](#):
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> I wish to remove the VA for all albums.

Of if you prefer to remove `VA ` with a visual GUI and a preview:  
Press Convert Tag -\> Tag (Alt+5)

Field: ALBUM  
Formatstring:  
`$replace(%ALBUM%,VA ,)`

![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/3/35afa64c394f7a35d8469ec76b29e69b70c84054.png)

This would replace every occurrence of `VA ` with nothing = remove it (in the tag ALBUM in the selected songs).

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**Author:** ![bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bollie47)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/4 "2023-03-01T23:25:43Z")

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Thanks heaps all fixed

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**Author:** ![bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bollie47](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bollie47)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/5 "2023-03-01T23:26:46Z")

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Thanks for the help all fixed, cheers markb

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-album-field/60232/6 "2023-03-31T23:27:26Z")

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