# Remove song title from Artist Field

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-song-title-from-artist-field/57213>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-song-title-from-artist-field/57213 "2022-05-04T21:32:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rafc1968](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@rafc1968](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rafc1968)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-song-title-from-artist-field/57213/1 "2022-05-04T21:32:23Z")

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I have a lot of files that contain both the artist & title in the Artist field ie:

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Tried a few things but no luck Any help appreciated

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**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-song-title-from-artist-field/57213/2 "2022-05-05T00:57:33Z")

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If you need to separate these you could use the Action \> Guess Values as %Artist% - %Title%.

If you want to discard the extra data and just keep the Artist, change this to Action \> Guess Values as %Artist% - %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, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-song-title-from-artist-field/57213/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:45Z")

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