# Feature Request: Remove leading zeros on metadata creation
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345 "2020-03-28T13:09:39Z")
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### Author:  [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345/1 "2020-03-28T13:09:39Z")
EAC adds leading zeros when creating new files. These end up in the metadata as MP3Tag processes those files. Would it be possible to have the **OPTION** to strip out leading zeros when MP3TAG uses file names to create tags? I've always done it later, in a separate step, but it would be nice to have it happen automatically.
This would have to be an option, as some people like those leading zeros.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345/2 "2020-03-28T13:41:22Z")
> [@0LD3\_DUDE](#):
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> This would have to be an option, as some people like those leading zeros.
You already have that option as you can define a format string to create a filename.
E.g. to get a track number without padding zeros, use
$num(%track%,1)
instead of the simple %track%.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345/3 "2023-07-22T17:19:15Z")
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