# Removing repeated characters

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-repeated-characters/54547
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-repeated-characters/54547 "2021-09-28T08:50:47Z")
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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: [September 28, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-repeated-characters/54547/2 "2021-09-28T08:55:17Z")

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The easiest way would be to use a "replace" action.

If you need something else, have a look at the FAQs  
There you find hints on how to use an action and a specific approach to remove space characters (trailing, leading, repeated):

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/10):
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> How to remove/trim leading and trailing spaces [Video tutorial for these actions](http://www.vimeo.com/7756545) Leading spaces: Action type: Replace with regular expressions Field: \_TAG Regular expression: ^\s+ Replace matches with: ^ matches the beginning of the string. Then \s+ searches for all whitespaces till a different char occurs. The whitespaces found will be replaced by nothing and, thus, deleted. Trailing spaces: Action type: Replace with regular expressions Field: \_TAG Regular expression: \s+$ Replace matc…

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