# Removing Artist out of the Title
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948 "2008-06-18T19:59:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@dirtbag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dirtbag)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948/1 "2008-06-18T19:59:35Z")
Example
Filename: ACDC - Hells Bells
Title: ACDC - Hells Bells
Artist: (blank)
How can I remove "ACDC - " out of the Title and just "ACDC" Into the Artist
Result I want
Filename: ACDC - Hells Bells
Title: Hells Bells
Artist: ACDC
Thank you
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948/2 "2008-06-19T06:05:47Z")
Make a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
_Action type:_ **Guess values**
_Source format:_ **%title%**
_Guessing pattern:_ **%artist% - %title%**
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### Author:  [@dirtbag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dirtbag)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948/3 "2008-06-19T16:29:26Z")
Thanks Dano!
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### Author:  [@Darfyddi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Darfyddi)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948/4 "2009-09-15T15:46:44Z")
Wow, so simple and quick too.
I had tried similar but back to front LOL.
Thank you for that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948/5 "2026-02-09T12:21:00Z")