# Expression Question - Remove Artist from Title - Please Help!
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100 "2024-06-21T11:13:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/1 "2024-06-21T11:13:38Z")
Hi Everyone,
I have Artist - Title, as my filenames (which shows up as Abba - Dancing Queen) in MP3Tags Title field.
What I need is, the Title only and to lose the Artist and hyphen before it. I go to Actions/Quick Actions/Replace with regular expression but from there I'm well and truly stuck!
What do I need to enter guys?? Thank You so much..
Please Help!
Ray.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/2 "2024-06-21T11:18:10Z")
When you first imported the data as described in this of your threads:
> [@Removing Artist Name!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864):
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> Hi everyone, I am VERY new to all of this and could really do with some help! I have filenames like this: (10cc - Donna.mp3) All I want to do is remove the 10cc bit in the filename, so that it finishes up like: Donna.mp3. I am really stuck, and going around in circles...please help if you have time! Quite a number of tracks so it would help such a lot to do them on mass! Regards, Raystr.
how did the artist get into the title (again).
Try an action of the type "Guess value"
Source: %title%
Target format string: %artist% - %title%
or
Target format string: %dummy% - %title%
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/3 "2024-06-21T12:12:41Z")
Hi Ohrenkino,
I know what you mean..it's strange: My filename is Artist - Title but for some reason I've cocked up. I'm trying to leave the filename as it is but then have artist (in the artist field) and title (in the title field) I have obviously done something wrong. not of of the database has the problem but enough to need to sort them. I could manually take out the artist and the hyphen but if I could do them all at once it would be a lot easier. Trying your tips now as I speak - I'll let you know..Thanks so much.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/4 "2024-06-21T12:34:12Z")
Still no good - lets try to be a bit clearer look at the image below:
You can see in the Title field it's the Artist & Title, all I want is the Title only.
Hope this helps
Ray.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/5 "2024-06-21T12:36:10Z")
what from my suggestions have you tried?
Because
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Try an action of the type "Guess value"
> Source: %title%
>
> Target format string: %dummy% - %title%
should have that effect:
> [@Raystr](#):
>
> all I want is the Title only.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/6 "2024-06-21T12:40:18Z")
Hi mate - SORTED! your tips seem to have worked....Brilliant!
Thank You Ohrenkino....
Really Helpful!
Ray.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/7 "2024-06-21T12:44:56Z")
If you have a filename like
`Andrew Sisters - Chatanooga Choo Choo.mp3`
why you don't use the most direct way to fill ARTIST and TITLE with
Convert -\> Filename-Tag with
Format string: `%ARTIST% - %TITLE%`
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/expression-question-remove-artist-from-title-please-help/65100/8 "2024-07-21T12:45:14Z")
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