# How to Remove Letters before "/" in Title Tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268 "2022-12-02T20:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/1 "2022-12-02T20:01:11Z")
I have a number of files with title tags that are partially in Japanese. It goes "Japanese title / English title". Ex: 一絲希望／A Single Wish I'm sure this has come up before, but I'm not sure how to retag my files to remove up to and including the "/" and keep only the English title. The Japanese characters are annoying because 1. I don't speak / read / understand Japanese. 2. They are first, before the English name. This is the main issue because on smaller screens, like my phone, the Japanese characters hide the English name. If someone could explain how to do it and how it works, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/2 "2022-12-02T20:03:54Z")
Try an action of the type "Guess value" Source: %title% Target pattern: %dummy% / %title% ---
**Author:** ![MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/3 "2022-12-02T20:18:29Z")
Unfortunately nothing happened. If it helps: 1. There are no spaces between the Japanese name, the slash, and the English name. 2. The file name is the proper English name but says the Disc-Number before each name. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/4 "2022-12-02T20:22:30Z")
Are we talking about the > [@MayorBryce](#): > > The file name or the > [@MayorBryce](#): > > title tags > [@MayorBryce](#): > > 一絲希望／A Single Wish Looks to me like spaces in front of the slash and behind it. So my suggestion can only be as good as your input. So, please tell us exactly what you have in the tags. And if there is nothing in the tags then import that data into the embedded tag data and re-wrtie the filename from there. ---
**Author:** ![MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/5 "2022-12-02T20:28:08Z")
Sorry for being vague. What it is: Filename: 2-20 A Single Wish Title: 一絲希望/A Single Wish What I want: Filename: 2-20 A Single Wish Title: A Single Wish I want to change the title of the song to only have "A Single Wish", the English name. This needs to be applicable to about a hundred other files with a similar title-naming scheme. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/6 "2022-12-02T20:29:50Z")
> [@MayorBryce](#): > > Title: 一絲希望/A Single Wish It's still the same action: "Guess value" Source: %title% Target pattern: %dummy%/%title% ---
**Author:** ![MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/7 "2022-12-02T20:38:32Z")
Just to clarify I am doing it right: Go Actions, Actions (Quick), Guess Values, and enter those? It still doesn't seem to do anything. ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d0f0676306c8e438a37f3da9062b7fe86b4541a1.png) ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/96b5e323397bfde43eec71d76c5dfe1a248adf58.png) I'm on Mp3tag v3.18. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/8 "2022-12-02T20:39:49Z")
It looks like you do not have an ordinary slash as separator but something else. I suggest that you copy that slash-surrogate from the TITLE and paste it in the action ---
**Author:** ![MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/9 "2022-12-02T20:42:10Z")
That did the trick! The character was ／, which is not a normal slash. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268/10 "2023-01-01T20:42:41Z")
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