# Removing AlbumArtist from Artist Field

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 21, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490 "2018-04-21T16:08:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Capa)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490/1 "2018-04-21T16:08:51Z")

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Hi.  
New here! 🙂  
I was looking for a way to remove AlbumArtist field from the artist field and leaving the feature artist names.

Example

Artist  
Abandon All Ships, A Game, Jonny

AlbumArtist  
Abandon All Ships

And also if possible to make the last , become a &.

Thanks in advance. 🙂

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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:** [April 21, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490/2 "2018-04-21T16:27:23Z")

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To move the data you could use an action of the type "Guess value" like  
Source: %artist%  
Pattern: %albumartist%, %artist%

And to replace the remaining comma with an ampersand, use an action of the type "Replace".

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**Author:** ![Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Capa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Capa)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490/3 "2018-04-21T16:32:56Z")

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Say there are two or three comma's

X, Y, Z  
Is there a way to make just the last coma a &

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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:** [April 21, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490/4 "2018-04-21T16:55:54Z")

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see here:

> [@How to batch replace the last comma with ampersand (&) character.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-replace-the-last-comma-with-ampersand-character/17728):
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> In artist tag, I want to batch replace the last comma with ampersand (&) character. e.g. if artist tag is "Artist A, Artist B, Artist C" result should be "Artist A, Artist B & Artist C". and if "Artist A, Artist B" result should be "Artist A & Artist B". How to do it by action? May I get the regular expression replace syntax for the same. Thanks...

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-albumartist-from-artist-field/41490/5 "2026-02-09T12:27:23Z")

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