# Delete words up to a space dash space

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-words-up-to-a-space-dash-space/53153>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 9, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-words-up-to-a-space-dash-space/53153 "2021-05-09T07:44:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pirounette](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@Pirounette](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pirounette)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-words-up-to-a-space-dash-space/53153/1 "2021-05-09T07:44:38Z")

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I have a title made up of the name of the composer, a space, a dash, a space and the title of the work  
I would like to delete the composer the space the dash and the space to find only the title of the work

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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 9, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-words-up-to-a-space-dash-space/53153/2 "2021-05-09T07:47:00Z")

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Try an action of the type "Guess value" (import tag fields)  
Source: %title%  
Target: %composer% - %title%  
which saves the first part in COMPOSER

or if you really want to delete it:  
Source: %title%  
Target: %dummy% - %title%

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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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-words-up-to-a-space-dash-space/53153/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:13Z")

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