# Inserting leading characters in the Artist field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inserting-leading-characters-in-the-artist-field/41437
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 15, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inserting-leading-characters-in-the-artist-field/41437 "2018-04-15T17:40:20Z")
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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: [April 15, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inserting-leading-characters-in-the-artist-field/41437/2 "2018-04-15T17:43:14Z")

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see the FAQs:

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/4):
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> How to replace the string "xyz" in tag-fields or filenames? Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group and choose Replace as action type. Field specifies the parts of the tags/filename the replace rule should be applied to. Original is the string that is going to be changed in Field. Replace with is the string that replaces the string in Original. If you leave it empty, the string will be deleted.

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