# Convert or Action on Title (not file name)
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827 "2026-03-06T06:14:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@UdubDawg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UdubDawg)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/1 "2026-03-06T06:14:59Z")
I’ve followed some of the examples I found but still can’t get it to work.
My titles say “Name of Song” [SC Karaoke]
And variations of that, ie, just [ or [SC, ect….
So I have been trying to replace/delete everything from “[“ on.
I mean, I know they are Karaoke , don’t need the reminder, plus it will show up in the listing of the Karaoke software I am using.
Thanks for the help
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/2 "2026-03-06T07:03:43Z")
> [@UdubDawg](#):
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> My titles say “Name of Song” [SC Karaoke]
Are there really inverted commas around the title followed by the stuff in parenthesis? A real example would help as every character matters.
You could try Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE
Format string: `$regexp(%title%,'(.*) \[.*',$1)`
If you want to use an action, try "Format tag field" - but try the converter first as the preview shows you if the result is what you want.
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### Author:  [@UdubDawg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UdubDawg)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/3 "2026-03-06T18:15:56Z")
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/4 "2026-03-06T18:24:05Z")
What does this screenshot tell?
Have you tried the suggestion?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/5 "2026-03-06T19:07:04Z")
@ohrenkino's suggestion works fine even for your example with parenthesis/round brackets:
Please show us a screenshot of what you have tried so far as Format string.
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### Author:  [@UdubDawg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UdubDawg)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/6 "2026-03-06T19:13:38Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> You could try Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE
> Format string: `$regexp(%title%,'(.*) \[.*',$1)`
Yes, sorry it did work, but I thought you wanted to see a screenshot,
Many thanks
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### Author:  [@UdubDawg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UdubDawg)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/7 "2026-03-06T19:15:53Z")
Thanks for the help; is there a link in the online manual that talks about all the variables that can be used and the proper syntax? I would like to learn how to do this for myself. I have some programming in my past.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/8 "2026-03-06T19:17:13Z")
See at the top of this page the link to the [Docs](https://docs.mp3tag.de/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-or-action-on-title-not-file-name/70827/9 "2026-03-13T19:17:37Z")
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