# How do i change filename with action or anything

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756 "2021-04-09T09:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DivingAstronaut)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756/1 "2021-04-09T09:18:27Z")

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I want to change the filename, this is the current filename for example

[2020.10.10] %album%

I want to change the date to [2020-10-10] %album%

And I have many file, is there a way to change all filename

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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 9, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756/2 "2021-04-09T09:23:49Z")

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if you use

> [@DivingAstronaut](#):
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> %album%

how do you get the date?  
Or try an action of the type "Replace" where you replace the `.` with a `-`

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**Author:** ![DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DivingAstronaut)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756/4 "2021-04-09T10:07:33Z")

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The %album% is just the filename

My filename already has [2020.10.10] albumname

How do you use the (replace) thing to change (.) to (-)

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**Author:** ![DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DivingAstronaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DivingAstronaut)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756/5 "2021-04-09T10:17:27Z")

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I think i got it, thanks

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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:** [May 9, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-filename-with-action-or-anything/52756/6 "2021-05-09T10:18:17Z")

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