# Clean up filenames

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-up-filenames/69947
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-up-filenames/69947 "2025-10-08T12:05:30Z")
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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: [October 8, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clean-up-filenames/69947/4 "2025-10-08T12:23:43Z")

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> [@mamyllyn](#):
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> ”01-W.A.S.P. -Love Machine” and it should be “01 - W.A.S.P. - Love Machine”

If you want to replace a single hyphen with "space hyphen space", then a simple "Replace" should be enough.

Also, see here:

> [@Add hyphen in filename for all tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-hyphen-in-filename-for-all-tracks/69346):
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> Hello, I have quite basic question but let´s see what is the best way to do this. My tags are ok but the filename is like this: 01 W.A.S.P. - Never Say Die I would like to rename all filenames like this: 01 - W.A.S.P. - Never Say Die If I use quick action to replace the empty space in the start with - it adds this to every empty space. How could I make it so that it adds the hyphen only after the track number?

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