# Remove text within parentheses **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 27, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777 "2018-08-27T01:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/desertway/32/5649_2.png) [@Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Desertway)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/1 "2018-08-27T01:44:54Z")
I have been using MP3tag for awhile, and have always been able to find the answers to my questions by searching the forums. But this time, although there are many similar questions and lots of answers, none of them have worked for me. Maybe because I don't really understand the formulae, I just follow instructions like recipes. I have many files named like this: _CBC Monday Night Playhouse - Dudley Chronicles - s01e01 - Seven Dudley Sins - L (CBC Monday Night Playhouse - Dudley Chronicles - s01e01 - Seven Dudley Sins - L.mp3).mp3_ _CBC Monday Night Playhouse - Je Me Souviens (CBC Monday Night Playhouse - Je Me Souviens.mp3).mp3_ They all have redundant text in parentheses that I want to delete, along with the parentheses themselves. As mentioned, I've tried many suggestions, but none have worked. Any help would be appreciated. ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/2 "2018-08-27T04:10:57Z")
The first advice is always to rebuild a filename from the content of the tag-fields. For this it it is necessary to have the tags filled with equivalent information. So, is the information you want to have in your filename in the tags? ---
**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/3 "2018-08-27T04:20:42Z")
> [@Desertway](#): > > I've tried many suggestions, but none have worked. Any help would be appreciated Try this: Action: Replace with regular expression Field: `_FILENAME` Regular expression: `(.+)(\s\(.+)(\..+)` Replace matches with: `$1$3` ---
**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 27, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/4 "2018-08-27T07:06:09Z")
There is the function "Convert\>Filename-Filename" Source pattern: %1 (%2) Target pattern: %1 But I completely agree with @poster: fill the tags, use the tag data to rename the files. ---
**Author:** ![Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/desertway/32/5649_2.png) [@Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Desertway)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/5 "2018-08-27T15:54:47Z")
In this case, the tags are identical to the filename. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/desertway/32/5649_2.png) [@Desertway](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Desertway)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/6 "2018-08-27T15:57:26Z")
This worked almost perfectly! The _.mp3)_ was leftover, but I can remove that by simply deleting the last 5 characters, which I know how to do. Thank you very, very much! (I performed the operation on the title field, rather than the filename field, and now I'll copy the tag back to the filename.) ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-within-parentheses/42777/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:37Z")