# Extracting a part of string from Title of Song and rename title **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 6, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724 "2016-03-06T16:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asmuzik](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@asmuzik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asmuzik)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724/1 "2016-03-06T16:52:15Z")
Hello friends, Here is situation I need to deal with: Suppose the title of a song is: abc - xyz Now I need to extract 'abc' part of title and rename title as only 'abc'. that is; **Old Title** : abc - xyz **New Title** : abc In other words I need to delete the ' - xyz' part from old title. And **Please note** that 'abc' part of song title is of variable length. It would be of great relief if someone could help me to this task. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724/2 "2016-03-06T17:43:15Z")
Create an action of the type "Guess value" for source %title% Guessing pattern: %title% - %dummy% ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:08Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC