# Can I use Actions to rearrange a filename?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230 "2015-09-15T09:39:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdalton)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230/1 "2015-09-15T09:39:12Z")

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Hello, I am trying to rename some files and would like to reorder the name. So as it stands now, the names are like this: element1 - element 2 - element 3. I would like to re-order the names to: element2 -element3 - element1. Thank you in advance for any responses.

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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:** [September 15, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230/2 "2015-09-15T09:49:57Z")

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You can use either the Convert\>filename-filename function  
Enter as source: %1 - %2 - %3  
Enter as target: %2 - %3 - %1  
There is a preview.

Or use an action "Replace with regular expression" for \_FILENAME  
Search: (._) - (._) - (.\*)  
Replace: $2 - $3 - $1

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**Author:** ![tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@tdalton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdalton)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230/3 "2015-09-15T16:07:29Z")

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Perfect! Thank you!

> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> You can use either the Convert\>filename-filename function  
> Enter as source: %1 - %2 - %3  
> Enter as target: %2 - %3 - %1  
> There is a preview.
> 
> Or use an action "Replace with regular expression" for \_FILENAME  
> Search: (._) - (._) - (.\*)  
> Replace: $2 - $3 - $1

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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:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-use-actions-to-rearrange-a-filename/17230/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:52Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC