# Removing single & double quotation marks from file name **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 19, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-single-double-quotation-marks-from-file-name/62796 "2023-11-19T06:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ConversingWithC](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ConversingWithC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ConversingWithC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-single-double-quotation-marks-from-file-name/62796/1 "2023-11-19T06:51:15Z")
I am having trouble using the replace function to remove punctuation from filenames after using tags to rename files. So far I have successfully removed the troublesome &, !, ., $, +, and = but am struggling to figure out how to use the replace function to replace ' and " ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-single-double-quotation-marks-from-file-name/62796/2 "2023-11-19T07:17:14Z")
Have you tried this? ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/65b87c361b768f8fcdf78eee35bcf639bda6846c.png) ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-single-double-quotation-marks-from-file-name/62796/3 "2023-11-19T08:08:13Z")
There are different kind of quotation marks in the ascii-code. Are you sure that you picked the right source character? You could C&P the source character from the filename. To replace the straight double quotation mark " should be no problem but you probably have 2 single quotation marks because a double quotation marks is not allowed within the filename in Windows. For a single quotation mark you have to put to the source an additional single quotation mark in front. ('') You can test your replace-functions with the **converter Tag-\>Tag** which has an immediate preview. Here the format strings for different quotation marks: Field: \_FILENAME Single quotation mark: Format string: `$replace(%_filename%,'',)` Double quotation mark: Format string: `$replace(%_filename%,",)` 2 single quotation marks: Format string: `$replace(%_filename%,''',)` I wonder why you see `',&,.,+ and =` as "troublesome." In Windows these are allowed characters in filenames. Do you know that you can already replace characters in the step of renaming filenames from tags instead of correcting the filenames afterwards? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-single-double-quotation-marks-from-file-name/62796/4 "2026-02-09T12:30:12Z")