# Deleting before or after the hyphen
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 16, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280 "2011-07-16T14:18:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jomili](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jomili)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280/1 "2011-07-16T14:18:26Z")
Forgive me if this has been asked before. I'm new to the forum and can't find the answer.
I have a lot of albums with Song Title names like "Creager - Fun All Wrong", Artist Name is also "Creager - Fun All Wrong", and Album name is "Best in Texas - Connected". How do I, in the Title field, delete the hyphen and everything BEFORE it, and in the Artist Name, delete the hyphen and everything AFTER it, ad in the Album name delete the hyphen and a space?
thanks,
John
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### Author:  [@jomili](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jomili)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280/2 "2011-07-16T15:42:48Z")
Never mind. I found the answer in this post: [Can I split a filename containing Track & Artist?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9198/1)
Thanks anyway.
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### Author:  [@kooperg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kooperg)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280/3 "2011-09-22T19:47:25Z")
thanks john for replying your own answer! it helped me a lot 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-before-or-after-the-hyphen/12280/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:13Z")