# Confusion with Mp3tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146 "2024-06-27T13:57:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@GolabJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GolabJ)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/1 "2024-06-27T13:57:05Z")
ok I have a problem I'm new to metataging, I have a Title Colum that has both the Artist and Title in it. I want to remove the artist and leave only the title how can this be done i have over13,000 Mp3 files to edit
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/2 "2024-06-27T14:04:50Z")
Could you show us a real example of one of those titles, preferably a screenshot?
And: are we really talking about the TITLE or is it the filename?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/3 "2024-06-27T14:11:41Z")
> [@GolabJ](#):
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> how can this be done
You have to search for a unique dividing character between your ARTIST and TITLE. A common character is a dash `-`
Then you can use Convert -\> Tag - Tag. This way you can immediately see a preview of the result.
As soon as you show us a screenshot, we can help you finding this dividing character and suggest a working format string.
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### Author:  [@GolabJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GolabJ)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/4 "2024-06-27T14:11:49Z")
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/5 "2024-06-27T14:13:32Z")
In your case, there is no dividing character in the TITLE tag.
BUT:
You can use the current filename and Convert -\> Filename - Tag with a format string like
`%ARTIST% - %TITLE%`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/6 "2024-06-27T14:16:45Z")
As the data us much better structured available in the filename, please use in MP3tag
Convert\>Filename-Tag
Format string: %artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@GolabJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GolabJ)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/7 "2024-06-27T14:36:16Z")
This won't change anything in my file name column I only want to change what's in the title column
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/8 "2024-06-27T14:38:35Z")
Yes, indeed. this won't change the filename.
But it imports data from the filename into the fields ARTIST and TITLE.
Please take care that you use Conver\>Filename-Tag and not Convert\>Tag-Filename.
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### Author:  [@GolabJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GolabJ)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/9 "2024-06-27T18:30:46Z")
Thank you very much that helped me
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/confusion-with-mp3tag/65146/10 "2024-07-27T18:31:12Z")
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