# Delete Filename Based On Current Folder
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 19, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786 "2006-09-19T09:10:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@BastionOfChaos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BastionOfChaos)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786/1 "2006-09-19T09:10:07Z")
Hi,
I am trying to rename my song filenames from the current format "Artist - Folder - Track Number - Track Title" to just "Track Number - Track Title"
e.g. "Anathema - 05. Eternity - 01 - Sentient (Instrumental).mp3" to "01 - Sentient (Instrumental).mp3"
I have tried variations of the following command, however they don't seem to work.
Replace "\_FILENAME": %\_directory%" -\> ""
Could anyone help me out with this?
Also due to an error earlier on (that cannot be undone by Ctrl-Z) the filenames also have the tracknumber in front of them. Is it possible to delete the first 3 characters of a filename only?
Thank you in advance.
Brad
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786/2 "2006-09-19T09:56:03Z")
You could use "Convert \> Filename - Filename" with
mask old filename:
%1 - %2 - %3 - %4
mask new filename:
%3 - %4
> [@](#):
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> Also due to an error earlier on (that cannot be undone by Ctrl-Z) the filenames also have the tracknumber in front of them. Is it possible to delete the first 3 characters of a filename only?
[Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@BastionOfChaos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BastionOfChaos)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786/3 "2006-09-19T11:27:22Z")
Thank you very much for your help, I found out how to remove the track numbers before your reply with a program called Total Commander, however by changing the mask filename like you suggested fixed this also, so it fixed two problems in one. Once again, thanks for your help.
> [@dano](#):
>
> You could use "Convert \> Filename - Filename" with
> mask old filename:
> %1 - %2 - %3 - %4
> mask new filename:
> %3 - %4
>
> [Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-filename-based-on-current-folder/3786/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:53Z")