# Removing a part of the string from titles
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-part-of-the-string-from-titles/54615
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 3, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-part-of-the-string-from-titles/54615 "2021-10-03T20:41:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@beast96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beast96)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-part-of-the-string-from-titles/54615/1 "2021-10-03T20:41:44Z")
I have a bunch of tracks labelled in the format "title (useless information)" and I can't figure out how to make an action which removes the useless information and the parentheses
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-part-of-the-string-from-titles/54615/2 "2021-10-04T16:40:16Z")
Then you did not use the search function with the search word "parenthesis" which would have lead you to the HowTos:
> [@Regular Expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/521/19):
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> Another member helped me creating one of the most useful REGEXP that i use so far: From this: Röyksopp - Beautiful DAY withOUT yoU (Rex The Dog Remix) To this: Röyksopp - Beautiful day without you (Rex The Dog Remix) USING: Action type: Replace with regular expression Field: TITLE Regular expression: ^(.\*?)((|$) Replace matches with: $caps3($1)$2 [] case-sensitive comparison [See the original thread here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5635/1)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-part-of-the-string-from-titles/54615/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:27Z")