# Remove "vs" or "vs."

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-vs-or-vs/8673
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 26, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-vs-or-vs/8673 "2009-07-26T20:15:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Seyss](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Seyss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Seyss)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-vs-or-vs/8673/1 "2009-07-26T20:15:28Z")

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Hello guys,

I have tracks that have "vs" in the artist name.

Example: "CPU vs. Broken Toy - Fragile"

I'd like that to be:

"CPU - Fragile"

This means I have to remove "vs." or "vs" and the text following it, until "-" is found.  
Can you help me come up with an regular expression for it?

Thanks very much in advance.

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### Author: ![newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newser)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-vs-or-vs/8673/2 "2009-07-26T21:02:52Z")

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New actiongroup:  
New action:  
_Name of action group:_ **remove vs**

_Action type:_ **Replace with regular expression**  
_Field:_ **ARTIST**  
_Regular expression:_ **(._) (vs._) - (.\*)**  
_Replace matches with:_ **$1 - $3**

[] case-sensitive comparison

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-vs-or-vs/8673/3 "2026-02-09T12:21:40Z")

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