# Convert Title Field

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879 "2020-08-10T19:22:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/screenman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879/1 "2020-08-10T19:22:13Z")

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Not sure how I did it but below is an example of what I have in the following fields:-

Artist : The Beatles  
Title : The Beatles - Yesterday  
Filename: The Beatles - The Beatles - Yesterday

So, I want to edit the Title to remove all characters prior to and including " - ". Then I can recreate the filename. Looked at various ways but as I have not used this convert system for years I cannot work it out.

Can anyone help.

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**Author:** ![screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/screenman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879/2 "2020-08-10T19:33:44Z")

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Typical - as soon as I posted this message I worked out a way to do it.

1. I did a Tag to Filename : $num(%track%,3). %title%  
Which gave me "001. The Beatles - Yesterday"

2, Did a Filename - Tag : %track%. %artist% - %title%

Problem solved. As there was 3000 files it was important to get them changed.

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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:** [August 10, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879/3 "2020-08-10T19:34:01Z")

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You could use  
Convert\>Tag-Filename with  
Format string: %title%  
and then reimport the data with  
Convert\>Filename-Tag  
Mask: %artist% - %title%

Or you could use Convert\>filename-filename  
Mask over old name: %1 - %2 - %3  
Mask over new name: %2 - %3

And then import the data with Convert\>Filename-Tag as described above.

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**Author:** ![screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@screenman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/screenman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879/4 "2020-08-10T19:37:58Z")

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Thank you for getting back so quickly. Always the way. Ask for help then work it out. Both of our answers were basically the same so...... Just my brain not working properly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-title-field/49879/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:45Z")

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