# Issue with Removing track #

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533 "2020-07-03T14:08:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533/1 "2020-07-03T14:08:31Z")

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I use th follwing action to remove title that have track numbers in the title

Action  
%Title%  
^\d{0,7}[- .\_]\*  
Replace with Blank

Example: 01 - Billie Jean.mp3

Becomes Billie Jean.mp3

The problem is, if the title starts with a number it erases everything.

Rick James 01. - 17.mp3  
Becomes .mp3

Stacy Lattisaw 01 - 16.mp3  
Becomes .mp3

Any suggestions

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**Author:** ![Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/crissov/32/6619_2.png) [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533/2 "2020-07-03T15:57:51Z")

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Due to the `.mp3` at the end, which indicates `%_filename_ext%`, I shall assume you left out the step where you rename the files with a `%artist% %title%` pattern.

`^\d{0,7}[- ._]*` would neither match `01. - 17` nor `01 - 16` and not anything with content before the first digit. That means you need to show us the actual content of the title field or the actual Action, ideally both.

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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:** [July 3, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533/3 "2020-07-03T15:59:38Z")

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The first question for someone who wants to rename files is: what do the tag fields contain?  
As with filled tag fields you can easily rename the files.

The sytax for the action looks strange: AFAIK the field in an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" is addressed as TITLE and not %title%.

The problems with the regular expression are already addressed by @Crissov

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-removing-track/49533/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:42Z")

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