# How To Delete Artist from Title?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510 "2012-06-03T05:36:51Z")
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### Author: ![DavidBergeron](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@DavidBergeron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidBergeron)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510/1 "2012-06-03T05:36:51Z")

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Hi, a lot of my songs are

artist - title artist

Example: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana

How can I delete the second Artist? The Remove Duplicate Field action didn't work.

Thanks,

David

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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: [June 3, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510/2 "2012-06-03T10:24:02Z")

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> [@DavidBergeron](#):
>
> Hi, a lot of my songs are  
> artist - title artist  
> Example: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana  
> How can I delete the second Artist? ...

 

**Convert** | **Filename - Filename** | **ALT+3**

 

_Select format string_

 

Old filename pattern:  
**%1 - %2**

 

New filename pattern:  
**%1 - $regexp(%2,\s%1$,)**

 

Preview  
From:  
**Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana.mp3**  
To:  
**Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3**

 

DD.20120603.1424.CEST

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### Author: ![DavidBergeron](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@DavidBergeron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidBergeron)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510/3 "2012-06-03T12:37:29Z")

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> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> **Convert** | **Filename - Filename** | **ALT+3**
> 
>  
> 
> _Select format string_
> 
>  
> 
> Old filename pattern:  
> **%1 - %2**
> 
>  
> 
> New filename pattern:  
> **%1 - $regexp(%2,\s%1$,%DUMMY%)**
> 
>  
> 
> Preview  
> From:  
> **Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana.mp3**  
> To:  
> **Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3**
> 
>  
> 
> DD.20120603.1424.CEST

Thanks a lot man! I had a 181 tracks with this format and now it's fixed 🙂

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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: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-artist-from-title/13510/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:52Z")

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