# Delete everything after given text

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-everything-after-given-text/69378
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 11, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-everything-after-given-text/69378 "2025-08-11T01:18:47Z")
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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: [August 11, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-everything-after-given-text/69378/7 "2025-08-11T17:09:27Z")

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> [@chayes](#):
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> It’s working fine as an action , but removes the file extension too.

Good catch. Only the Action is removing the filename extension.  
(Using Convert Tag-Tag does not remove the extension with above regular expression as you can see in the preview).

As an argument, I could say that the examples you gave has no file extension. 😉  
Just a joke...

For an Action "Replace with regular expression" that keeps the file extension, you could use:  
Regular Expression:  
`(^.*\(19\d\d\)).*\.(.*)`  
Replace matches with:  
`$1.$2`

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