# Removing one of multiple Genres leaves "\\\\" behind

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-one-of-multiple-genres-leaves-behind/51477
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-one-of-multiple-genres-leaves-behind/51477 "2021-01-05T10:31:02Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-one-of-multiple-genres-leaves-behind/51477/2 "2021-01-05T10:38:46Z")

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Does this help?

> [@Find and replace \\\\ separator in Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-separator-in-tags/13291):
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> I've been using dbPoweramp for several years to rip and tag CD's to flac and have only just now come across a problem with the default tag separators \\ in ARTIST, ALBUMARTIST GENRE etc. Someone in the forum has kindly provided a filter to find the files that contain \\ "$meta\_sep(Artist,\\)" HAS \\ EDIT: In fact used this filter to find them all ("$meta\_sep(Artist,\\)" HAS \\) OR ("$meta\_sep(Albumartist,\\)" HAS \\)OR ("$meta\_sep(Composer,\\)" HAS \\) but... Is there any way to find and r…

You have to apply an action either of the type "Remove duplicate fields" or "Merge fields".

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