# Removing "\_" from my filename **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 30, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000 "2013-08-30T21:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![calushonator](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@calushonator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/calushonator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/1 "2013-08-30T21:59:15Z")
I searched for an answer through the forums, but didnt seem to find one. Anyway, Ill give an example to show what I mean: My filename is: `The_National_-_Rains_of_Castamere_-_from_YouTube_by_Offliberty` So I want to remove the "\_" and replace them with spaces so that I can then easily do the Filename \> Tag `%artist% - %title%` Or perhaps there is a direct way to do it? Its kinda hard t understand the program and its functions since im new, I only wanted to organize a few dozens of songs, so I hadn't planned to learn to use a program. TL:DR Could you make it easy for me to understand? 🙂 Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/2 "2013-08-31T01:09:39Z")
You need to remove the \_-\_from\_YouTube\_by\_Offliberty too. Try this. Action type: Format value Field: `_FILENAME` Formatstring: `$replace($regexp(%_filename%,_-_from_YouTube.*,),_, )` You can then use Filename \> Tag like you said. The above is just an action. Add one by: 1. Click ![:mt_act:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/318aa654f7a0c7c178d869991f6e8680b214cfc0.png ":mt\_act:") 2. Click ![:mt_new:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/ec5caa1b5d6c43fd0fe30efd3515a713a18c5105.png ":mt\_new:") 3. Name the action 4. Click ![](http://forums.mp3tag.de/style_emoticons/default/mt_new.png) 5. Select Format value. ---
**Author:** ![calushonator](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@calushonator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/calushonator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/3 "2013-08-31T02:04:27Z")
Ughh, youre amazing! thanks so much for the help, it worked just as i wanted. ---
**Author:** ![alan\_sh](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@alan\_sh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alan_sh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/4 "2013-09-01T15:03:13Z")
> [@Cal](#): > > Ughh, youre amazing! thanks so much for the help, it worked just as i wanted. I did it slightly differently. I did use an Action. But when I went into the "create new action" and named it, I used the action type of "Replace" and then just put \_Filename as the first of the three parameters, an underscore as the second and a space as the third. Save that. I could then select all the files with an underscore in the name and apply that action. No need for regular expressions. Alan ---
**Author:** ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/5 "2013-09-01T20:41:17Z")
> [@Alan Sharkey](#): > > No need for regular expressions... And how would the OP get rid of \_-\_from\_YouTube\_by\_Offliberty where I presume Offliberty changes depending on the YouTube uploader. `$replace(string,from,to)` `$replace(%_filename%,_, )` Is not a regular expression and very simple to understand if you read the help docs. `$regexp(x,expr,repl)` replaces the pattern specified by the regular expression `expr` in the string `x` by `repl`. `$regexp(%_filename%,_-_from_YouTube.*,)` This has a very simple regexp, to delete the junk at the end. Combine the two together where $regexp happens 1st and then the $replace 2nd. `$replace($regexp(%_filename%,_-_from_YouTube.*,),_, )` > **[Scripting Functions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/)** > > Documentation on Mp3tag's scripting functions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-my-filename/15000/7 "2026-02-09T12:24:38Z")