# Is there a way to merge the contents of 2 actions
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 18, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325 "2024-07-18T20:17:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Pompey1952](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pompey1952)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325/1 "2024-07-18T20:17:56Z")
I have a large number of Pavarotti mp3's.
Unfortunately Pavarotti sang with large groups of individuals, orchestras, choirs all of which are credited in the Artist field and the filename.
I have two actions to shorten the artist length and filename length to a constant more manageable groups of names.
Whilst they are almost identical they could be tidier and I would like to merge these actions if that is possible.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325/2 "2024-07-18T20:22:12Z")
You can create an action group that contains both actions.
But as these are 2 steps, you have to use 2 actions.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325/3 "2024-07-18T20:33:34Z")
> [@Pompey1952](#):
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> Whilst they are almost identical they could be tidier and I would like to merge these actions if that is possible.
What would you gain by merging these two actions?
Often even two slightly differents actions are more readable and better maintainable then a merged but complicated one.
Why would you like to do all the tests again with your new merged action if your current two actions works as expected?
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### Author:  [@Pompey1952](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pompey1952)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325/4 "2024-07-19T00:32:59Z")
**Ok thanks both of you.**
I’ll give this idea a miss then. I was just wondering whether there was an easy solution.
As you are indicating - if it works don't fix it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-the-contents-of-2-actions/65325/5 "2024-08-18T00:33:16Z")
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