# Extract year from title **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348 "2018-10-22T02:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djcyber/32/5789_2.png) [@DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJCyber)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/1 "2018-10-22T02:30:29Z")
Ok here is an example for a filename I need altered. 1. Public Enemy - Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix) (1991).mp3 My question is...is there a script I can use to remove the leading numbers and the space (013. ) AND extract & remove the (1991) and place just the 1991 into the year tag? I would do this manually but I have hundreds of files like this. Thank in advance for your help. BTW I'm using version 2.89a ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/2 "2018-10-22T05:04:06Z")
I hope that you have filled the title field. Because then you easily rewrite the filename with Convert\>Tag-Filename Format string: %title% If the title field is still empty and you also want to fill the YEAR field, try Convert\>Filename-Tag Format string: %dummy%. %title% (%year%) The same function can be used, to only get the year: Format string: %dummy% (%year%) ---
**Author:** ![DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djcyber/32/5789_2.png) [@DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJCyber)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/3 "2018-10-22T19:54:48Z")
Thanks for the reply. I have all tags already situated including artist and title..the only thing missing is the year...(which is showing in the file name). What I want to do is move the year from the file name and put it in to the "year" tag without having to do this for almost 2800 songs manually. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/4 "2018-10-22T20:02:27Z")
so it is the 3rd case: > [@ohrenkino](#): > > Format string: %dummy% (%year%) to get the year. And then use Convert\>Tag-Filename and rewrite the filename with Format string %artist% - %title% ---
**Author:** ![DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djcyber/32/5789_2.png) [@DJCyber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJCyber)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/5 "2018-10-22T21:57:53Z")
You rock! But this is not quite what I want. I'm so sorry... Here is what I am trying to do... ![Untitled-2](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/670e721075b326fba5fdd377e24431b9f984a5d3.jpeg) If you notice the leading numbers in the filename are gone as well as the year (in brackets) is moved to the "year" tag. What I end up with is the file name being the artist - title with no leading numbers and the year in the proper tag. Thank you for your patience! ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/6 "2018-10-23T04:58:45Z")
> [@DJCyber](#): > > If you notice the leading numbers in the filename are gone as well as the year Yes, I thought that is what you meant when you wrote > [@DJCyber](#): > > is there a script I can use to remove the leading numbers and the space (013. ) AND extract & remove the (1991) and place just the 1991 into the year tag if you want to get the leading number back, try: Format string $num(%track%,2). %artist% - %title% ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-title/43348/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:44Z")