# How can I batch remove text appended to album titles
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976 "2020-05-16T23:14:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Ninja\_Theory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninja_Theory)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/1 "2020-05-16T23:14:56Z")
Hi how can I batch remove text appended to my album titles? I have thousands of files with album titles that have the album catalogue ID appended to the album title, but I want to batch delete the appended catalogue IDs from the album titles.
Here is an example of a typical album name: `Krashnamurti EP [CAT384079]` and here is how I would like it to read: `Krashnamurti EP`
All my catalogue IDs, are from the Catalog # tag, and they are all placed within square brackets `[` and `]` (appended at the end of the album name, as mentioned).
I have read through actions but I can't seem to find an action that can do what I'm asking here.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/2 "2020-05-17T06:51:22Z")
You could try an action of the type "Guess value"
Source: `%album%`
Format string: `%album% [%dummy%]`
Or alternatively "Format value" for ALBUM
Format string: `$regexp(%album%,(.*) .%catalog%.,$1)`
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### Author:  [@Ninja\_Theory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninja_Theory)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/3 "2020-05-17T11:41:05Z")
Thanks for these tips. The guess value worked perfectly 😃
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### Author:  [@Ninja\_Theory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninja_Theory)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/4 "2020-05-17T11:45:49Z")
I assume I don't have to click save after I perform an action? I have tested and the results seem to apply regardless of whether I click save or not after performing an action.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/5 "2020-05-17T11:49:32Z")
no extra saving required
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### Author:  [@Ninja\_Theory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ninja_Theory)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/6 "2020-05-17T12:11:00Z")
Great, thanks for the confirmation.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-batch-remove-text-appended-to-album-titles/48976/7 "2020-06-16T12:11:04Z")
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