# 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: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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)

DD.20120314.1608.CEST  
Edit.20120421.0940.CEST

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