# Removing Artist Name!
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864 "2023-05-02T20:00:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/1 "2023-05-02T20:00:20Z")
Hi everyone,
I am VERY new to all of this and could really do with some help!
I have filenames like this: (10cc - Donna.mp3) All I want to do is remove the 10cc bit in the filename, so that it finishes up like: Donna.mp3. I am really stuck, and going around in circles...please help if you have time! Quite a number of tracks so it would help such a lot to do them on mass!
Regards,
Raystr.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/2 "2023-05-02T20:04:54Z")
> [@Raystr](#):
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> 10cc - Donna.mp3
This looks a lot like the problem you had here:
> [@Create Artist & Title from filename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-artist-title-from-filename/57845):
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> Hi Everyone, pretty new to all of this - can someone help me please? I have song titles like this: The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3 and want to create artist & title from the file name but no idea what to do. Can someone get me on the right course of action please? Thank You so much. Ratystr
And once you have filled the tags, then simply rewirte the filename with the data you like. Use COnverter\>Tag-Filename
Format string: %title%
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/3 "2023-05-02T20:43:49Z")
No mate - I managed to do the above but now, need to remove the artist from the filename - sorry to confuse you ohrenkino - at the moment I have it like this:
Filename Title Artist
10cc - Donna.mp3 Donna 10cc
What I really want is:
Filename Title Artist
Donna.mp3 Donna 10cc
Hope this helps - Thank You so much for your help - really appreciated!
Regards,
Raystr
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/4 "2023-05-02T21:01:47Z")
Do you already have the correct tag field information in these files? If so, you can simply use the Converter Tag\>Filename and use fields like %title% to fill in how you want them to look.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/5 "2023-05-02T22:04:53Z")
Thank You MotleyG - I will give it a try - I don't do bad for a 70+ learner but I am getting there!
Thanks again,
Raystr
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/6 "2023-05-02T22:13:36Z")
Tried but no good - Used Filename/Tag with %title% as the string but it simply duplicates the Filename (10cc - Donna) into the Title field. All I want to do is remove the 10cc from the filename completely to leave Donna.mp3 as the filename.
Hope this helps,
Raystr
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/7 "2023-05-02T23:06:05Z")
You probably want to try the convert Tag\>Filename since you already have the tag, and want to change the filename. Using Filename\>Tag grabs the text from the current filename and puts that into the tag fields.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/8 "2023-05-02T23:15:26Z")
Thanks mate - I'll give it a try - get to bed now, it's late...
Much appreciated,
Raystr
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/9 "2023-05-03T01:52:22Z")
> [@Raystr](#):
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> get to bed now, it's late..
Not on my side of the world (Toronto Canada)🇨🇦
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/10 "2023-05-03T06:03:14Z")
> [@Raystr](#):
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> No mate
I would assume that if you have just "Donna" in TITLE that the Converter\>Tag-Filename will write only "Donna" as filename if you use
Format string: %title%
So please read carefully and do not mix Converter\>Tag-Filename and Converter\>Filename-Tag.
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### Author:  [@Raystr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Raystr)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/11 "2023-05-03T08:43:42Z")
Just wanted to say a MASSIVE Thank You to everyone - Success!
It's a cracking little program, it's just getting used to the ins and outs of it - very Well Done everybody!
Regards,
Raystr.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-name/60864/12 "2023-06-02T08:44:40Z")
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