# Deleting unneeded format strings

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 14, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233 "2012-12-14T23:58:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/COOL1)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233/1 "2012-12-14T23:58:56Z")

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I have created some format strings in Tag - Filename dropbox and would like to know how to remove unneeded strings? I thought I could right-click and delete but no such thing.

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### Author: ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233/2 "2012-12-15T00:19:19Z")

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Select string and SHIFT + DELETE

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### Author: ![COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/COOL1)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233/3 "2012-12-15T05:39:58Z")

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Thanks! That worked.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-unneeded-format-strings/14233/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:14Z")

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