# delete characters following a /

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 10, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162 "2016-08-10T09:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![kbriddon](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kbriddon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kbriddon)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162/1 "2016-08-10T09:22:42Z")

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All

I have a specific issue I'm struggling with and need help from the learned folk out there, as I'm not very good at regular expressions.

I have and TITLE and ALBUM fields with a / in them, and want to delete the characters efore and after the /, for example:

TITLE and ALBUM both contain

```
 Symphony No. 2 in A Major Op. 68/II.Recitative&Romance:Adagio

```

and I want them to be:  
TITLE

```
II.Recitative&Romance:Adagio

```

ALBUM

```
Symphony No. 2 in A Major Op. 68

```

All help gratefully received

Kevin

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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, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162/2 "2016-08-10T09:53:31Z")

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> [@kbriddon](#):
>
> ...not very good at regular expressions.  
> ...  
> TITLE and ALBUM both contain
> 
> ```
> Symphony No. 2 in A Major Op. 68/II.Recitative&Romance:Adagio
> 
> ```
> 
> and I want them to be:  
> TITLE
> 
> ```
> II.Recitative&Romance:Adagio
> 
> ```
> 
> ALBUM
> 
> ```
> Symphony No. 2 in A Major Op. 68
> 
> ```

If both fields contain the same data, you split one field to become the 2 fields with an action of the type "Guess values" for e.g. %title% (or %album% if they are both the same)

Input string: %title%  
Guessing pattern: %album%/%title%

If you are not quite sure about the equal contents, then create 2 actions of the type "Guess values"

1: Input string: %title%  
Guessing pattern: %dummy%/%title%

2: Input string: %album%  
Guessing pattern: %album%/%dummy%

No regular expressions required. 😉

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**Author:** ![kbriddon](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kbriddon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kbriddon)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162/3 "2016-08-10T12:12:33Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> If both fields contain the same data, you split one field to become the 2 fields with an action of the type "Guess values" for e.g. %title% (or %album% if they are both the same)
> 
> Input string: %title%  
> Guessing pattern: %album%/%title%
> 
> If you are not quite sure about the equal contents, then create 2 actions of the type "Guess values"
> 
> 1: Input string: %title%  
> Guessing pattern: %dummy%/%title%
> 
> 2: Input string: %album%  
> Guessing pattern: %album%/%dummy%
> 
> No regular expressions required. 😉

Superb, works a treat, and no reg exp's to baffle me.

Many Thanks

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-characters-following-a/18162/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:22Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC