# Remove track numbers from titles and filenames

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-numbers-from-titles-and-filenames/45733
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-numbers-from-titles-and-filenames/45733 "2019-06-21T15:43:43Z")
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### 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: [June 21, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-numbers-from-titles-and-filenames/45733/2 "2019-06-21T15:49:28Z")

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> [@RBEmerson](#):
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> but most of the replies follow the form "RTFM but I'll give you a break

Here is a different approach and no "RTFM" in it:

> [@trim track number from](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trim-track-number-from/15713):
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> all titles

Actually, there is an example in the HowTos:

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/11):
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> How to remove/trim leading track numbers? Action type: Replace with regular expressions Regular expression: ^\s\*\d+\s\*-\s\* Replace matches with: This regular expression removes the track number from 01 - Anything.. so that only Anything... remains. ^ matches the beginning of the string. Then any numbers of whitespaces \s\* followed by numbers from 0-9. The \s\*-\s\* part removes the hyphen and any whitespace characters around it.

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