# Delete parts before / after specific characters

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-parts-before-after-specific-characters/70527
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 18, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-parts-before-after-specific-characters/70527 "2026-01-18T12:55:01Z")
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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: [January 19, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-parts-before-after-specific-characters/70527/5 "2026-01-19T09:02:32Z")

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> [@music-laura](#):
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> I couldn’t find the option of “filename - tag” in the group action section.

That is why we wrote

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Convert\>Filename - Tag

and

> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Convert Filename - Tag

The function can be found in the Convert menu.

If you want to include the folder in your search for data, expand the  
Format string: `%title%\%album% - %dummy% (%year%, %artist%)`

And to get your process right: it should be the other way round: you fill the tag fields first and then create filenames and folder names from it.  
See also the documentation:

> **[Renaming Files based on Tags - First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/#renaming-files-based-on-tags)**
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> This is a collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. | A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

The converters and its various incarnations should be known to you since this thread:

> [@Delete in Title "(Remastered in year xxxx)"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-in-title-remastered-in-year-xxxx/60323):
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> i searched in the forum but didn't find a solution. some albums have at the end of the title brackets which includes "remastered", like (remastered in 2020) (remastered in 2022) (remastered in new york) (2016 remastered) (remastered edition) how can i create an action for a title with the logic: "delete the brackets and the text within in case it contains the word remastered"?

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