# Removing part from filename
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 30, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653 "2017-01-30T09:51:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Hladni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hladni)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653/1 "2017-01-30T09:51:03Z")
Hello!
I have alot of songs which have a format like this:
XXX XXX - YYY (Official Video) 4K.mp3
or
XXX - YYY (Official Video) 4K.mp3
How do I remove "(Official Video) 4K" from multiple files?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653/2 "2017-01-30T09:55:51Z")
If you have not done so: fill the tags first with the function
Convert\>Filename-Tag
Format string: %artist% - %title% (%dummy%
The create new filenames with the function
Convert\>Tag-Filename
Format string: %artist% - %title%
(there are other options with a replace action or the Convert\>filename-filename function. But I would not mess around with just the filenames but use structured information from the tag fields.)
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### Author:  [@Hladni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hladni)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653/3 "2017-01-30T10:31:28Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> If you have not done so: fill the tags first with the function
> Convert\>Filename-Tag
> Format string: %artist% - %title% (%dummy%
>
> The create new filenames with the function
> Convert\>Tag-Filename
> Format string: %artist% - %title%
>
> (there are other options with a replace action or the Convert\>filename-filename function. But I would not mess around with just the filenames but use structured information from the tag fields.)
Okay some of them work but for some i get this:
- xxx - yyy.mp3 why the "-" at the start :C
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653/4 "2017-01-30T11:04:42Z")
> [@Hladni](#):
>
> Okay some of them work but for some i get this:
>
> - xxx - yyy.mp3 why the "-" at the start :C
The pattern in the format string has to match the filename. Have a look at the files where the conversion went wrong and adapt the format string accordingly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-part-from-filename/18653/5 "2026-02-09T12:26:38Z")