# How can I replace characters in the file name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838 "2011-12-19T10:38:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kilohurtz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kilohurtz)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838/1 "2011-12-19T10:38:44Z")
Hello Friends
Does anyone know how I can achieve the following
In the filename box I want to replace the following
"character\_character to " " without the "
example **taylor\_dayne** to _ **taylor dayne** _
"character-character" to " " without the "
example **tell-it-to-my-heart** to _ **tell it to my heart** _
"character\_-_character" to " " without the "
example **atfc** _-\_tell u to _ **atfc - tell u** _
I would be very much abliged if someone could help me out
Merry Christmas
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838/2 "2011-12-19T10:53:46Z")
> [@kilohurtz](#):
>
> Hello Friends
>
> Does anyone know how I can achieve the following
DId you have a look at the FAQs, [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1) especially?
The example quotes "xyz" which should be the underscore in your example. And the single blank as replace string.
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### Author:  [@kilohurtz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kilohurtz)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838/3 "2011-12-19T12:07:36Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> DId you have a look at the FAQs, [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1) especially?
>
> The example quotes "xyz" which should be the underscore in your example. And the single blank as replace string.
Thanks for the tip the only one I cant find is
"character-character" to "character - character" without the "
example **atfc-tell-u** to _ **atfc - tell u** _
I dont want to above to affect any correct filesnames like artists - title only the ones that have artist-title
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838/4 "2011-12-19T12:35:37Z")
> [@kilohurtz](#):
>
> Thanks for the tip the only one I cant find is
>
> "character-character" to "character - character" without the "
> example **atfc-tell-u** to _ **atfc - tell u** _
>
> I dont want to above to affect any correct filesnames like artists - title only the ones that have artist-title
>
> Thanks
many routes lead to rome ...
As you want to have all hyphens with leading and trailing blanks I would do it in two steps:
replace all hyphens with blank-hyphen-blank
and as this will lead to double-blanks the next step would naturally be:
replace all double-blanks with a single blank.
This saves you from fiddling about with elaborate filters and regular expressions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838/5 "2026-02-09T12:23:31Z")