# How do i find and replace/delete specific text out of bulk albums
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 14, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323 "2012-04-14T08:54:14Z")
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### Author:  [@Blatant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Blatant)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323/1 "2012-04-14T08:54:14Z")
Hi all!
Generally i use a certain program to clean up all my music and then Mp3tag go polish off a few extra details.
When an album has more than one cd the program i use will name album fields as the following
i.e
Album Name - CD 1
Album Name CD 1
Album Name (CD 2)
Album Name - [Disk 2]
And all kinds of variations.
Obviously on my iphone this creates too many "albums". I would like to know how i can bulk edit the Album string for all my albums to find and delete these different kind of endings but leave the album name so
"Album Name - Disk 3" becomes JUST "Album Name"
Thanks for your help!!
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323/2 "2012-04-14T09:20:51Z")
use regexp replace:
replace: [\s|\s(|\s-\s|\s-\s[][CD|Disk].\*$
replace with: blank
Try this on a few single files first as I haven't tested it because I'm on my phone.
You could also try this to change all the variations to one type of string ending. e.g. 'album name - Disk 01'
use regexp replace:
replace: (.+)[\s|\s(|\s-\s|\s-\s[][CD|Disk]\s(\d+).\*$
replace with: $1 - Disk $2
Again test on single files.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323/3 "2012-04-14T12:11:12Z")
> [@Blatant](#):
>
> ... When an album has more than one cd the program i use will name album fields as the following i.e
> Album Name - CD 1
> Album Name CD 1
> Album Name (CD 2)
> Album Name - [Disk 2]
> ... I would like to know how i can bulk edit the Album string for all my albums to find and delete these different kind of endings but leave the album name so
> "Album Name - Disk 3" becomes JUST "Album Name"
> Thanks for your help!!
At first you can apply the Mp3tag Filter [F3] with the following Filter expression ...
**ALBUM MATCHES "\s-?\s?[[(]?(?:CD|Disk)?\s\d+[])]?$"**
... to display only those files, which match the filter criterion.
Then you can apply ... the Converter "Tag - Tag" ... or ... the Action "Format value" ...
Field: ALBUM
Formatstring: **$regexp(%ALBUM%,'\s-?\s?[[(]?(?:CD|Disk)?\s\d+)]?$',)**
... to let Mp3tag edit the field ALBUM.
From:
Album Name CD 1
Album Name Disk 1
Album Name - CD 2
Album Name - Disk 2
Album Name (CD 3)
Album Name (Disk 3)
Album Name [CD 4]
Album Name [Disk 4]
Album Name - (CD 5)
Album Name - (Disk 5)
Album Name - [CD 6]
Album Name - [Disk 6]
Album Name [Disk 7)
Album Name (Disk 7]
To:
Album Name
From:
Album Name xyzABC\*?!#
To:
Album Name xyzABC\*?!#
> [@Blatant](#):
>
> ... And all kinds of variations. ...
You can start collecting all kinds of variations, so we can try to find out an universal solution or all kinds of special solutions.
See also:
[Filtern anpassen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13158/4)
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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-do-i-find-and-replace-delete-specific-text-out-of-bulk-albums/13323/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:47Z")