# How to remove unwanted text from file name and title ?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-unwanted-text-from-file-name-and-title/18546>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 25, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-unwanted-text-from-file-name-and-title/18546 "2016-12-25T04:06:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ishan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@Ishan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ishan)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-unwanted-text-from-file-name-and-title/18546/1 "2016-12-25T04:06:01Z")

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**Filename: Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do - (www.SongsLover.pk)  
Title: Love Me Like You Do - www.SongsLover.pk**

Now I want to remove that **" - (www.SongsLover.pk)"** from filename and **" - www.SongsLover.pk"** from title.  
Some files contain numbers too. like _"08. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do - (www.SongsLover.pk"_

Thank You.

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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-unwanted-text-from-file-name-and-title/18546/2 "2016-12-25T06:43:46Z")

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You can use the actions-menue and define 2 subsequent actions in 1 action group:

Action-Type: Guess Values  
Source-Format: %title%  
%title% - %dummy%

Action Type: Format Value  
Field: \_FILENAME  
Format String: [$num(%track%,2).]%artist% - %title%

The forst action strips the unwanted string from the title.  
The second action rebuilds the filename fom the tags.  
The tracknumber is added to the filename if there is any %track%-tag present.

You should always test actions first not on the original files but on copies till you know they work as you wish.

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-unwanted-text-from-file-name-and-title/18546/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:35Z")

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