# Remove Artist field If Artist field is same as AlbumArtist feild

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 21, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492 "2018-04-21T21:51:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Capa)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492/1 "2018-04-21T21:51:58Z")

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Is there a way to action batch to remove Artist field If Artist field is same as AlbumArtist feild?

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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:** [April 22, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492/2 "2018-04-22T08:02:13Z")

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You can use an action of the type "Format value" for ARTIST:  
Format string: `"$if($eql(%artist%,%albumartist%),$char(0),%artist%)`

Even though this is possible, it does not make a lot of sense - you get some tracks where you have the field ARTIST with data and some without. So you can probably not use that field for searching.  
Due to the padding of the tag you will probably save hardly any disc space.

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**Author:** ![Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Capa)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492/3 "2018-04-22T15:20:13Z")

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Thank you.  
I was planing on using it in between multiple actions. Hopefully it will help me achieve what I'm trying to so. Thanks again. 🙂

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-field-if-artist-field-is-same-as-albumartist-feild/41492/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:23Z")

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