# Problem with Blank Spaces at End of Title and before .mp3
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 27, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251 "2008-09-27T14:53:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251/1 "2008-09-27T14:53:00Z")
Hi everyone,
I am having an odd problem. I have an mp3:
"John Silver - On The hill .mp3"
Notice that space after the word "hill". To get rid of that blank space I wrote this:
Actions / Replace "\_FILENAME": " .mp3" -\> ".mp3"
When I run the action in Mp3tag v2.41 it changes on screen but if I then double click on the song it says "can't be accessed". Mp3tag then refreshes the directory and the mp3 has reverted back to "John Silver - On The hill .mp3"
Is this a bug or should I write a different formula?
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### Author:  [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251/2 "2008-09-27T15:31:58Z")
Hi all actually saw in the fact that this works:
Action type: Format value
Field: \_FILENAME
Formatstring: $trim(%\_filename%)
Now while this removes the blank space in the actual mp3 file it still does not remove the blank space within the actual title and artist field.
File:
"John Silver - On The hill .mp3" \<-- correct
Title:
"On The Hill " \<-- space still left after last word
I tried the next logical move from my perspective but it didn't work:
Action type: Format value
Field: \_Title
Formatstring: $trim(%\_title%)
Any suggestions 😃
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251/3 "2008-09-27T16:54:08Z")
Use $trim(%title%) Only information fields are prefixed with an underscore.
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-blank-spaces-at-end-of-title-and-before-mp3/7251/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:07Z")