# Remove artist from %title%

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title/67180
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [January 17, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title/67180 "2025-01-17T16:25:36Z")
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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title/67180/7 "2025-01-18T06:07:11Z")

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> [@pixelchef](#):
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> Ah I see it changing the title as I was hoping for thanks @poster. However it's also pruning the first brackets from song titles.

Your example was:

> [@pixelchef](#):
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> **Current song titles:**  
> Song Title: 01 Dear Angie - Beatles  
> Artist: Beatles
> 
> **Desired Song Titles:**  
> Song Title: Dear Angie  
> Artist: Beatles

In this example there is a tracknumber (01) followed by a space in the title.  
If you have other files without a tracknumber in front you can't use the same format string.  
You have to use instead  
`%title% - %artist%`  
That means  
_Import the present content of TITLE up to " - " to the title-tag and put the rest to the artist-tag._

Anyway there is an easier way to do the job:  
Because I see in your screenshots that the filename is identical to the title and has all necessary informations you can use _Convert → Filename - Tag_ instead of an action. This gives you a immediate preview of the results so you can learn how to build the format string.

> [@Rename Files and Import Tags from Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-files-and-import-tags-from-files/51720):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of possibilities to get tag information from parts of the filename or to rename files based on the information stored in the tag of a file. The base concept behind all converters in Mp3tag is the format string, which describes a pattern or template of a filename. A format string consists of any characters and predefined placeholders or scripting functions. Every placeholder begins with the percent sign %, followed by a tag field name and ends with the percent sign. …

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