# Mp3Tag is not replacing some pesky characters from the file name

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-is-not-replacing-some-pesky-characters-from-the-file-name/46424
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-is-not-replacing-some-pesky-characters-from-the-file-name/46424 "2019-09-14T18:21:16Z")
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### Author: ![Patch](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/patch/32/9350_2.png) [@Patch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-is-not-replacing-some-pesky-characters-from-the-file-name/46424/3 "2019-09-15T18:29:16Z")

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This thread helps:

> [@Unicode to ASCII](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-to-ascii/7279):
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> I have created six actionsgroups for the purpose of transcoding UTF-8 Unicode characters into 7-bit ASCII characters (see attached MTA files). Each group of actions encloses a special set of Unicode characters, so that you are free to combine what replacement presentation you need. The transcoding scheme is derived from the script 'uni2ascii.c', version 2008-08-30T20:27:37, by William J. Poser (billposer@alum.mit.edu), including some small changes by me. I do not know if the MTA files will do…

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