# Clean / Explicit from Filename **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 29, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354 "2022-08-29T14:14:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/7993a0/32.png) [@ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/1 "2022-08-29T14:14:21Z")
Most of my explicit files have a [E] or in the files name artist - title - (Explicit) in it. Using MP3 Tag to rename files to a common format, how can I best use the work I've already dont to make sure every files is either [E] or [C] I don't mind if I use composer, or another field or anything but as a DJ it's really important to know a song is clean or explicit. ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/2 "2022-08-29T14:19:59Z")
Are you treating the filenames which is a property for the OS or the embedded data which is the topic for the program MP3tag? Perhaps a look at the first steps to use this program helps: > **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/)** > > A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. If you want to replace "(Explicit)" with "[E]", then Select the files that should be treated, Select from the toolbar "Actions (quick)" Select an action of the type "Replace" Select for field \_FILENAME from the list or type it in if it is not in the list Search: (Explicit) Replace with: [E] Click OK to start the action. ---
**Author:** ![ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/7993a0/32.png) [@ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/3 "2022-08-29T16:00:27Z")
Firstly many thanks for your reply. At the moment I'm treating them as part of the file, as I'm just starting with MP3 tag. So I want to get them into the Embedded data, as I want to have the end result being all my files as Artist - Title - Genre - BPM - [C] / [E] . file extention. I am looking for helping getting there from multiple files in different formats. I have read the discussion around explicit tags, and I really wish by now MP3 files supported them, but they don't natively. Same as Remix as an option. but I also know that unless you're playing the music publicly and deal with remixes a lot, then the audience for those changes is just pretty much DJ's or people that don't like swearing in their songs. I did read the guide, but it didn't really cover reading from the filename into another tag (unless I use composer) ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/4 "2022-08-29T16:41:01Z")
To get data into tags, try Convert\>Filename - Tag Pattern: `%Artist% - %title% - %Genre% - %BPM% - %ITUNESADVISORY%` The format in ITUNESADVISORY is not correct and you need to replace the E with 1 and C wirh 2. If the tags stay empty then the pattern does not match. In that case a screenshot of the real filename would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/7993a0/32.png) [@ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/5 "2022-08-29T17:13:17Z")
Again, many thanks for your time. So I have %track% -%title% - %artist% - %album% - %key% - %BPM% Working, as per the manual. Some filenames are 01 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley - Universal Masters Collection - 11B - 91 So as per the manual %track% -%title% - %artist% - %album% - %key% - %BPM% Works Some are 54 - Eamon - Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)(Explicit) - I Don't Want You Back - 11B - 91 So in the second case, I don't know what to put here. %track% - %artist% -%title% - [HOW DO I DO EXPLICIT HERE] %album% - %key% - %BPM% Also for the first one, how do I put a [C] in the file name? ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/6 "2022-08-29T17:18:47Z")
> [@ianwat](#): > > Some are > > 54 - Eamon - Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)(Explicit) - I Don't Want You Back - 11B - 91 > > So in the second case, I don't know what to put here. > > %track% - %artist% -%title% - [HOW DO I DO EXPLICIT HERE] %album% - %key% - %BPM% I would first get the data > [@ianwat](#): > > Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)(Explicit) into title and then filter for titles that have "explicit". For all these files I would then fill the correct field with data and delete "Explicit" from TITLE. > [@ianwat](#): > > Also for the first one, how do I put a [C] in the file name? After you have filled the tags with data, it will be very easy to rename the files to a consistent pattern - so I would not worry now about the filename as that would be renamed in a later step. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-explicit-from-filename/58354/7 "2025-07-02T05:41:28Z")
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