# Removing duplication and symbols from titles,artist & year
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplication-and-symbols-from-titles-artist-year/61300
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplication-and-symbols-from-titles-artist-year/61300 "2023-06-19T12:05:20Z")
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### Author:  [@AverageMusicEnjoyer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AverageMusicEnjoyer)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplication-and-symbols-from-titles-artist-year/61300/1 "2023-06-19T12:05:20Z")
Currently I have a bunch of music where the titles and artists show up as "`ABC\\ABC`" whereas the year showup as "`2021\\2021-01-21`".
Essentially what I was trying to remove for the titles and artists is the "`\\ABC`" whereas for the year I want to remove "`2021\\`".
I am unable to figure out how to do this. Any help is very much appreciated 😃
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplication-and-symbols-from-titles-artist-year/61300/2 "2023-06-19T12:12:34Z")
See if this thread helps you:
> [@Unwanted date in date tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771):
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> Hi all. When I go to add the date 2023 in that field I am prompted to use 2023//2023, which obviously I don't want. Is there a list of prompts that can be edited and things like that removed, or custom genres added? Thanks in advance
And see
> **[Merge Duplicate Fields – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/merge-duplicate-fields/)**
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> Documentation on the Merge Duplicate Fields action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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> **[Remove Duplicate Fields – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/remove-duplicate-fields/)**
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> Documentation on the Remove Duplicate Fields action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplication-and-symbols-from-titles-artist-year/61300/3 "2023-07-19T12:13:03Z")
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