# Remove text from artist and files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-artist-and-files/66512
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-artist-and-files/66512 "2024-11-13T23:20:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-artist-and-files/66512/1 "2024-11-13T23:20:43Z")
hello my friends. I got a question
q1. How do I remove all artist after the first artist.
for example the artist is listed as : Exile, Blu, Exile, Miguel
I want it to only show: Exile and nothing else
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-artist-and-files/66512/2 "2024-11-14T07:03:55Z")
> [@mbrazil05](#):
>
> q1
Try an action of the type "Replace witht regular expression" for ARTIST
Search patter: `(.*?),(.*)`
Replace with: $1
Beware of artists like
Earth, Wind & Fire
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10,000 Maniacs
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ellis, Beggs & Howard
I Will, I Swear
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
... and many more
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-artist-and-files/66512/3 "2024-12-14T07:03:59Z")
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