# Fixing titles in bulk
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 1, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702 "2025-03-01T21:05:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@wydee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wydee)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/1 "2025-03-01T21:05:13Z")
used a YT converter, went through editing titles in windows media player but when i put them on my mp3 it shows (artistname-"title of song"-official/lyric video) is there a way i can change them in bulk so its just the title of the song and not have to do it 1 by 1? ive tried doing the tag-filename and the titles are all the same as they were before
thanks guy/gals
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/2 "2025-03-01T21:08:32Z")
Could you show a real example?
If your problem needs regular expressions to solve then every character counts.
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### Author:  [@wydee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wydee)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/3 "2025-03-01T21:13:41Z")
i did the top 3 but i want them all to be like the top 3 without having to do them singularly.
i went into the tag-filename and set it to " %title% " but they stayed the same unless i do them manually
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/4 "2025-03-01T21:18:56Z")
> [@wydee](#):
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> set it to " %title% " but they stayed the same unless
You have to define which part of the filename represents which field.
For
> [@wydee](#):
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> artistname-"title of song"-official/lyric video
try Convert\>Filename-Tag
Format string: %artist%-%title%
Could you adapt the screenshot in such a way that it shows a complete filename for the files starting with "Three days grace"
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### Author:  [@wydee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wydee)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/5 "2025-03-01T21:26:46Z")
basically i want to get rid of the highlighted sections cuz most of the 200+ tracks are formatted like this.
i tried your suggestion and it just added the artist name twice for the ones that already had it and once for the ones i fixed manually.
im computer illiterate so thanks for helping me cuz i already spent 2+ hours fixing the titles in media player
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/6 "2025-03-01T21:31:01Z")
If you define a pattern then the treated files have to match that pattern (computers cannot really read) - otherwise you get surprising and mostly unwanted results.
For the files with the highlighted pattern try:
Convert\>Filename-Tag
Format string: `%artist% - %title% (%dummy%`
for files without parenthesis try:
Format string: `%artist% - %title%`
You see in the preview what the likely result will be.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixing-titles-in-bulk/67702/7 "2025-03-31T21:31:35Z")
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