# How to replace pattern in Album tag?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959 "2015-06-11T20:20:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![aguarello](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@aguarello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aguarello)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959/1 "2015-06-11T20:20:52Z")

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Hi, look, here's my problem:

I have a bunch of songs like this:

SONG NAME: ROSES

ID3 ALBUM:  
ROSES (FT. AEROSMITH) - ED SHEERAN: SINGLE

But I'd like to delete the (FT. AEROSMITH) part out of the album ID3 tag, and leave it just like:

ROSES - ED SHEERAN: SINGLE

How could I do this with an automated command or task without having to do it manually? (There's like 500 files with this album id3 configuration)

Please help me, I've tried and tried but I can't seem to get it right.

Thanks in Advance.

-Angel

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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: [June 12, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959/2 "2015-06-12T01:55:11Z")

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General for deleting brackets and there content:  
[Klammern mit Inhalt raus](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1498/5)

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### 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: [June 12, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959/3 "2015-06-12T03:26:11Z")

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Try an action "Replace with regular expression" for ALBUM,  
Search string: (.\*)  
Replace string:  
(leave empty)  
Please note that you have to add a space somewhere before or after the brackets or you will be left with double blanks. The blanks do not show in this editor, though.

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-pattern-in-album-tag/16959/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:42Z")

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