# Re-tag titles of videos
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425 "2025-12-27T21:12:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@videodjguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/videodjguy)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/1 "2025-12-27T21:12:54Z")
Hi,
I need software and looked at MP3TAG to retag my videos.
They are downloaded from the site with various words added next to the song title. EG “(Clean) (Extended) (HD)”.
I can retag them individually but now have 1,000’s that needs retagged collectively.
I downloaded the trial version of MP3TAG and noticed that I can’t remove the additional words added, without blanking the song title. Is there a way to do this on MP3TAG that I’m not aware of before I buy the full package?
ps Although using Mac to typing this, my back up Windows laptop will be used, to hopefully retag the videos.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/2 "2025-12-27T21:19:21Z")
Are all the unwanted words at the end of a title, preceeded by opening parenthesis?
Then try an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" for TITLE
Regular expression: `(.*)\s*\(.*`
Replace with: `$1`
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### Author:  [@videodjguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/videodjguy)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/3 "2025-12-27T21:49:53Z")
Hi, thanks for replying.
I added 3 songs to work on but I’m new to the language used here.
I did get one song replace the added words, ( Clean) (Extended) (HD) with $1, but unsure how that would help me change 1,000s of titles.
Will MP3tag be able to replace 1,000s of titles at once?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/4 "2025-12-27T21:56:26Z")
Are you using the correct action "Replace with regular expression"?
You should not see `$1` as a result but the remaining string.
It would help a lot if you could show the complete sample title.
Screenshots also help better in many cases than only verbose descriptions.
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### Author:  [@videodjguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/videodjguy)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/5 "2025-12-27T22:15:27Z")
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/6 "2025-12-27T22:20:28Z")
Thank you for the screenshot.
If the action is a a little strange for you at the moment, then try Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE
Format string: `$regexp(%title%,'(.*)\s*\(.*',$1)`
The preview should show the result.
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### Author:  [@videodjguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/videodjguy)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/7 "2025-12-28T00:28:46Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> `$regexp(%title%,'(.*)\s*\(.*',$1)`
Hi, thank you for that. It was partially successful. After a couple of attempts, I managed to remove the unwanted words and overwrite the previous versions on my hard drive.
The problem was, when it was loaded into my dj software, the titles had moved a couple of spaces in the tag box and had to be moved back, manually.
Not sure how mp3tag would handle trying to do that with 10,000 videos!😎 I might have to look for another option but tackle small amounts at a time until I do. This has been very helpful though.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/8 "2025-12-28T07:58:02Z")
If you find that a suggestion does not work then it would be nice if you could show us (possibly with a screenshot) which function you have used to solve the problem and also the files and their properties for which the suggestion did not work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-tag-titles-of-videos/70425/9 "2026-01-27T07:58:25Z")
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