# How to copy part of a field and paste in another field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-part-of-a-field-and-paste-in-another-field/11250
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 7, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-part-of-a-field-and-paste-in-another-field/11250 "2010-12-07T15:28:11Z")
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### Author:  [@djmoneystl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djmoneystl)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-part-of-a-field-and-paste-in-another-field/11250/1 "2010-12-07T15:28:11Z")
Hello Forum! Everyone has been so supportive here, THANKS!
I have a ton of songs with the "Artist & Title" in the Title Field. (Bad Company - Rock n Roll Fantasy)
I would like to cut the Artist (Bad Company) and remove the two spaces and dash, then paste the Artist name (Bad Company) in the Artist Field. I need to do this in a large batch.
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### Author:  [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-part-of-a-field-and-paste-in-another-field/11250/2 "2010-12-07T17:01:39Z")
> [@djmoneystl](#):
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> I have a ton of songs with the "Artist & Title" in the Title Field. (Bad Company - Rock n Roll Fantasy)
> I would like to cut the Artist (Bad Company) and remove the two spaces and dash, then paste the Artist name (Bad Company) in the Artist Field. I need to do this in a large batch.
Action: Format Values
Source Format: %title%
Guessing Patteren: %artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-part-of-a-field-and-paste-in-another-field/11250/3 "2026-02-09T12:22:44Z")