# Removing leading zeros on track numbers
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 17, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551 "2024-11-17T19:44:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551/1 "2024-11-17T19:44:27Z")
In Tag&Rename, there is a button that simply removes any leading zeros from whatever form the track number is in. In MP3Tag, there is a quick action. I can use the format: $num(%track%,1)
But that strips away the track total, when the numbers include the total, like: 01/18, 02/18 ...
Okay. There is a quick action $num(%track%,1)/%totaltracks%
But that won't work for the single number, as totaltracks may not be defined, or may be a variant variable.
This makes for a lot of switching back-and-forth. Is there a simpler way to achieve this?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551/2 "2024-11-17T19:48:31Z")
> [@donwiss](#):
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> 01/18
Try an action of the type "Format value" for TRACK
Format string: `$regexp(%track%,^0+,)`
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551/3 "2024-11-17T19:58:21Z")
Thanks. It works. I don't know expressions. They are quite useful.
Now to get the number of keystrokes down. It's three: Alt-Shift-6, enter, enter. (As that is my only quick action.)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551/4 "2024-11-17T20:05:24Z")
There are so many ways ...
you could also use Convert\>Tag-Tag and assign a name to that string to recall it with Alt-5.
But: how often do yu have to remove the leading zeros?
I would assume: once for all the ones who got leading zeros in the past.
And in the future you will save the track number without leading zeros, I assume.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-zeros-on-track-numbers/66551/5 "2024-12-17T20:06:02Z")
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