# Editing the format string history

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-the-format-string-history/14559
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 20, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-the-format-string-history/14559 "2013-03-20T15:31:19Z")
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### Author: ![OldMalden](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@OldMalden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/OldMalden)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-the-format-string-history/14559/1 "2013-03-20T15:31:19Z")

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Currently, to tidy up the format string history, you have to load that string in the Tag-Tag, then select the dtring before you can remove it from the history. I would be more convenient if there was an editable .ini file (that maybe you could add comments as an aide-memoire) for removing the one-offs that get built from time to time.

An example where the aide-memoire would be useful is when you have a complex format - "now why did I do this?" e.g.

$mid(%title%,$add($strrchr(%title%,','),2),8) - $left(%title%,$sub($strstr(%title%,','),1)) -$right(%title%,$sub($len(%title%),$strrchr(%title%,-)))

I apologise in advance if this should be in a different forum - I'm sure the moderator will relocate it accordingly.

OldMalden