# Help removing strings
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 3, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176 "2008-02-03T15:43:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@runen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/runen)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176/1 "2008-02-03T15:43:54Z")
My albums are named like this 1987 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction. What expressin should i use to remove te 1987 - Guns N' Roses, so that i only have the name of the album. Any help will be greatly appriciated
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176/2 "2008-02-03T16:47:48Z")
If the name is always "text - text - text" you can use:
_Action type:_ **Guess values**
_Source format:_ **%album%**
_Guessing pattern:_ **%dummy% - %dummy% - %album%**
You could also extract year and artist to the other tag fields if needed.
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### Author:  [@runen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/runen)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176/3 "2008-02-04T14:05:56Z")
It worked! Thank you very much 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-removing-strings/6176/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:45Z")