# Excluding %field% from an "\_ALL" action
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993 "2020-05-18T13:23:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@SpirosG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SpirosG)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993/1 "2020-05-18T13:23:42Z")
Hi i am trying to figure out if there is a way to create an "\_ALL" action while i exclude Filename an Directory from being touched.
For example i want to remove extra spaces from all the fields, but not from filename or Directory (connection with some programs will be lost if these fields will be changed making these files "missing".
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993/2 "2020-05-18T13:45:08Z")
see e.g. here:
> [@Help with conditional and regex](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-conditional-and-regex/48632/):
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> Hi Taggers, after I decided how to manage cover songs, I need a little help writing an Action. I am a \*nix user so I know some RegEx, but I need help with MP3tag syntax. If %title% equals to ".\*(.\* cover)$" then OriginalArtist=$2 ($2 should be the second .\* on the regex expression, right?) If OriginalArtist is not empty and %title% is not ".\*cover)$", then %title% = %title% + " (%OriginalArtist% Cover)" I'm trying to reach a "one touch" workflow: Use auto-numbering to add TrackNumber (n…
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### Author:  [@SpirosG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SpirosG)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993/3 "2020-05-18T15:51:01Z")
OK so it seems that choosing `_TAG` does the trick...
I wonder how this slipped from my eyes...
Thanks @ohrenkino
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excluding-field-from-an-all-action/48993/4 "2020-06-17T15:51:05Z")
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