# Remove everything from first parenthese going forward

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376 "2024-01-10T03:04:05Z")
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### Author: ![mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376/1 "2024-01-10T03:04:05Z")

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how do I create an action that will remove everything from the first parentheses going forward.

ie. track name: Molly (ULTI-reMIX by Mark Roberts). I want to remove "(ULTI-reMIX by Mark Roberts)"

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### Author: ![wneclass2018](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cdc98d/32.png) [@wneclass2018](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wneclass2018)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376/2 "2024-01-10T04:34:11Z")

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When you stated "track name", I am assuming that you are referring to the placeholder, "%title%". Therefore, use this regular expression format string below:  
`$regexp(%title%,'^(.+?)\s?\(.+?\)','$1',1)`

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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: [January 10, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376/3 "2024-01-10T05:59:04Z")

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Try an action of the type "Guess value"  
Source: %title%  
Target format string: %title% (%dummy%

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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, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-everything-from-first-parenthese-going-forward/63376/4 "2024-02-09T05:59:28Z")

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