# Convert foreign (German) characters to English

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-foreign-german-characters-to-english/55781
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 6, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-foreign-german-characters-to-english/55781 "2022-01-06T21:13:39Z")
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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: [January 6, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-foreign-german-characters-to-english/55781/2 "2022-01-06T21:23:59Z")

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What exactly do you define as "foreign"?

Do you mean the German vowels äöüÄÖÜ and the sharp ß?  
Or the french àéèâÀÉÈÂ...

You can just replace them as you know which one you don't like with an [action.](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/replace)

Here is an example - you can replace `%_directory%` with your `%title%`, `%album%`, `%artist%`

> [@rename umlaut characters like ß ä ö ü in file name and folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/2):
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> Filter: "%\_directory%" HAS "ß" Action "Format value" Field: \_DIRECTORY Formatstring: $replace(%\_directory%,'ß','ss','ä','ae','ö','oe','ü','ue') DD.20160228.0758.CET

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