# help remove number and double names

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-remove-number-and-double-names/16832>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 15, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-remove-number-and-double-names/16832 "2015-04-15T09:51:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![robahl](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@robahl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/robahl)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-remove-number-and-double-names/16832/1 "2015-04-15T09:51:12Z")

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help remove number and double names  
i have many files like this filename look like this Amer Zayan - Amer Zayan-04.Bs Bs Kafi.mp3

i want it to look like this Amer Zayan - Bs Bs Kafi

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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:** [April 15, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-remove-number-and-double-names/16832/2 "2015-04-15T10:38:18Z")

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Filenames are no decent data storage. So: what have you stored in the tags?  
Why not import the data first into the tags with Convert\>Filename-Tag:

%albumartist% - %artist%-%track%.%title%

and then rewrite the filename with Convert\>Tag-Filename:  
%artist% - %title%

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**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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-remove-number-and-double-names/16832/3 "2026-02-09T12:25:38Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC