# Remove space between title and brackets **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153 "2016-08-05T10:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/diehard/32/17608_2.png) [@Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Diehard)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/1 "2016-08-05T10:18:04Z")
I need help. I have search the whole forum & tried various options to no avail. I need to remove the space between the title and/or the artists and the preceding brackets as per example. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. from this "Vagabonds (Trancecorre Edit)" to this "Vagabonds(Trancecorre Edit)" ☹ ---
**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:** [August 5, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/2 "2016-08-05T10:21:05Z")
It's a simple replace action for TITLE Search: _( (_=blank)) Replace:( (no preceeding blank) ---
**Author:** ![Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/diehard/32/17608_2.png) [@Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Diehard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/3 "2016-08-07T01:04:16Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > It's a simple replace action for TITLE > Search: _( > (_=blank)) > Replace:( > (no preceeding blank) I thank you for your reply ohrenkino, but unless I am doing something wrong, your suggestions is not working for me. Replace Action Field:Title Original:_((_=blank)) Replace with:( is the above correct as per your instructions? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/4 "2016-08-07T02:46:39Z")
> [@Diehard](#): > > Field:Title > Original:_((_=blank)) > Replace with:( > > is the above correct as per your instructions? With "(\_=blank))" Ohrenkino wants you to tell that the underscore character means a space because you cannot really see and comprehend it if you just write a space in the forum. So again: Original: ( Replace with: ( Theres is 1 space before the "(" in the Original and no space before the "(" in the Replace with. But do you really mean the tag field TITLE or do you mean the filename? It looks strange to me to me to have the the title of a song and the album name together in the title-tag. But it also looks strange to me to see a leading bracket with no space in front. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/5 "2016-08-07T06:56:34Z")
> [@poster](#): > > ... But it also looks strange to me to see a leading bracket with no space in front. I quite agree. There is a DIN 5008 that explains the layout for typed texts. Among the rules it says that a leading parenthesis is preceeded by a blank but has none to the next word and a trailing bracket has a blank behind it if another word follows. So deleting the blank does not really make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/diehard/32/17608_2.png) [@Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Diehard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/6 "2016-08-07T19:27:02Z")
> [@poster](#): > > With "(\_=blank))" Ohrenkino wants you to tell that the underscore character means a space because you cannot really see and comprehend it if you just write a space in the forum. > > So again: > Original: ( > Replace with: ( > > Theres is 1 space before the "(" in the Original and no space before the "(" in the Replace with. > > But do you really mean the tag field TITLE or do you mean the filename? > It looks strange to me to me to have the the title of a song and the album name together in the title-tag. But it also looks strange to me to see a leading bracket with no space in front. Thank you very much. This is exactly what I wanted. I was unsure if it could have been created with a simple replace action Best regards ---
**Author:** ![Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/diehard/32/17608_2.png) [@Diehard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Diehard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/7 "2016-08-07T19:27:54Z")
> [@poster](#): > > With "(\_=blank))" Ohrenkino wants you to tell that the underscore character means a space because you cannot really see and comprehend it if you just write a space in the forum. > > So again: > Original: ( > Replace with: ( > > Theres is 1 space before the "(" in the Original and no space before the "(" in the Replace with. > > But do you really mean the tag field TITLE or do you mean the filename? > It looks strange to me to me to have the the title of a song and the album name together in the title-tag. But it also looks strange to me to see a leading bracket with no space in front. Thank you very much. This is exactly what I wanted. I was unsure if it could have been created with a simple replace action Best regards ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-space-between-title-and-brackets/18153/8 "2026-02-09T12:26:21Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC