# Removing numbers from FILENAME
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 4, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757 "2008-05-04T12:08:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/1 "2008-05-04T12:08:21Z")
I'm sure there's a more efficient way to do this but my method seems to work up to a point. I use "REPLACE FILENAME **n** with "" ", where **n** is the numbers 0-9 and is repeated individually for each number.
However, here's the problem. When **n** = 3, then "Song Name.mp3" gets changed to "Song Name.mp". Not good!
Any ideas, solutions, elations or even admonishments would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/2 "2008-05-06T14:09:12Z")
You can try Replace with Regular Expression
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### Author:  [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/3 "2008-05-08T21:09:07Z")
OK Florian, I give up!
Using your suggestion, my ZERO programming abilities and the use of this Forum's Search feature regarding the use/syntax of the "Replace with Regular Expression", I managed to try many permutations that only served to confuse me more and more. By the way, none of my feeble attempts worked!
Basically I have no idea what I'm doing so can you please give me some hint(s) as to the solution?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/4 "2008-05-09T05:38:38Z")
Make a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **\_FILENAME**
_Format string:_ **$regexp(%\_filename%,\d,)**
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### Author:  [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/5 "2008-05-09T20:01:24Z")
THANK YOU!!!
Hopefully, one of these days I will have learned enough to not have to use this forum to seek help but rather to help others just as "lost" as me.
Thank you once again...
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757/6 "2026-02-09T12:20:56Z")