# Cut characters from Title and paste to Year

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455 "2019-05-17T09:54:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ted22](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ted22](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ted22)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455/1 "2019-05-17T09:54:28Z")

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I have Titles like this :  
"Title of the song (2019)"

I'd like to cut "(2019)" and paste "2019" in Year.

How can I do this ?

Thanks !

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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:** [May 17, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455/2 "2019-05-17T09:59:03Z")

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Try an action of the type "Guess value" (import tag field)  
Source: %title%  
Target: %title% (%year%)

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**Author:** ![Ted22](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ted22](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ted22)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455/3 "2019-05-22T08:38:53Z")

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Thanks for your answer 🙂

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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/cut-characters-from-title-and-paste-to-year/45455/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:05Z")

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