# Help dealing with albumartistsort

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-dealing-with-albumartistsort/66401
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 2, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-dealing-with-albumartistsort/66401 "2024-11-02T14:43:15Z")
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### 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: [November 2, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-dealing-with-albumartistsort/66401/4 "2024-11-02T14:58:37Z")

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Have you tried it?  
It removes any leading "The " and leaves the rest.  
And as I said: if you add the trailing "The" will not make any difference for sorting.

See also here:

> [@Create A New Action to swap first name last name to last name, first name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-action-to-swap-first-name-last-name-to-last-name-first-name/66006):
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> I have downloaded MP3TAG to a new computer and require some assistance. Stupidly I did not take a backup of my original which had purpose made 'ACTIONS' I have lost my copy of the syntax code to create 2 separate 'Actions' To enable ARTISTSORT to convert for example, (Artist) Elvis Presley to Artistsort) Presley, Elvis. To enable ARTISTSORT to convert for example (Artist) The Beatles to (Artistsort) Beatles, removing the 'The' from group names. I would appreciate some help. A Basic …

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