# Remove part of a Filename & iTunes Settings
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-filename-itunes-settings/11690
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 10, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-filename-itunes-settings/11690 "2011-03-10T14:21:36Z")
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### Author:  [@thorrrr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorrrr)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-filename-itunes-settings/11690/1 "2011-03-10T14:21:36Z")
Hello Guys
Sorry if this is a newbie type question but new to all this. I ahve read several topics but cannot find my answer.
1. I have 100's of track with eg "Faithless - God Is A DJ @ 4UsOnly.biz.mp3" i want to remove the @ 4UsOnly.biz.mp3 from the Filename how do you do this. I tried do a replace with a space but i guess there is an easier way.
2. Is there a preffered set of settings to change tags so iTunes reads them and groups them correctly?
Cheers Thorrrr 
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-filename-itunes-settings/11690/2 "2011-03-10T19:07:29Z")
> [@Thorrrr](#):
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> ... "Faithless - God Is A DJ @ 4UsOnly.biz.mp3" .....
>
> 1. Is there a preffered set of settings to change tags so iTunes reads them and groups them correctly?
>
> Cheers Thorrrr 
itunes will not really look at the filenames but use the internal tags. so fill them first.
try the converter "filename - tag"
Enter a mask that looks like this:
%title% - %artist% @ %dummy%
this fills the two file-internal tags for title and artist.
Then use the converter "Tag - filename"
with the mask
%title% - %artist%
(or whatever sequence you want)
This renames the files.
Concerning your second question:
iTunes is very reluctant to read tracks again once it has read them. so any update will probably not show directly. There are a number of scripts around (see an iTunes forum) to overcome this weakness.
For itunes I would fill at least the tags %albumartist%, %artist%, %title%, %track%, %album% and %albumart%
%albumartist% is used to group albums - if you haven't set this tag then you get a sampler split up for every artist in the album.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-filename-itunes-settings/11690/3 "2026-02-09T12:22:58Z")