# remove album and artist name in filename
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 15, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974 "2005-05-15T17:48:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@davidgale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davidgale)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/1 "2005-05-15T17:48:16Z")
i want to remove artist and album name from the filename (e.g. "Artist - Album - Title"). by artist and album i suppose what is written in %artist% and %album% tags. how do i do that? i tried to do this with Actions =\> Replace and Replace with Regular Expression but that didn't work.
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/2 "2005-05-15T20:05:18Z")
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> i want to remove artist and album name from the filename (e.g. "Artist - Album - Title"). by artist and album i suppose what is written in %artist% and %album% tags. how do i do that? i tried to do this with Actions =\> Replace and Replace with Regular Expression but that didn't work.
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You could use the Tag-Filename wizard with "%title%" as format string (or whatever you want as new file name).
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### Author:  [@davidgale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davidgale)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/3 "2005-05-16T03:55:46Z")
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> You could use the Tag-Filename wizard with "%title%" as format string (or whatever you want as new file name).
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well, that is a solution. however not always files have right %title% tags (like Track 1, Track 2 etc.) but have correct %artist% and %album% tags. so can i somehow remove from filename string portion that matches %artist% and %album% tags?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/4 "2005-05-16T15:26:00Z")
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> so can i somehow remove from filename string portion that matches %artist% and %album% tags?
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The formatstring $replace($replace(%\_filename%,%artist%,),%album%,) at Tag - Filename should do the trick.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@davidgale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davidgale)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/5 "2005-05-16T16:03:19Z")
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> The formatstring $replace($replace(%\_filename%,%artist%,),%album%,) at Tag - Filename should do the trick.
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> Best regards,
> ~ Florian
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thank you very much for helping me out! it works!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-and-artist-name-in-filename/1974/6 "2025-11-12T15:09:22Z")
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