# Removing Text in Title
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 15, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426 "2025-08-15T13:32:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@vmcreator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vmcreator)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/1 "2025-08-15T13:32:39Z")
I have hundreds of tracks that need the Title Trimmed at the front and the rear:
e.g. = David Bowie - Jean Genie - 1972
convert to
Jean Genie.
Basically a mid string sort of solution.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/2 "2025-08-15T13:36:19Z")
Try an action of the type "Guess value"
Source format: `%title%`
Guessing pattern: `%dummy% - %title% - %dummy%`
If you want to preserve the information of artist and year, then use
Guessing pattern: `%artist% - %title% - %year%`
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### Author:  [@vmcreator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vmcreator)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/3 "2025-08-15T13:41:00Z")
Brilliant ohrenkino, and of course the penny drops when you see the string - It works. I have just realised that I need the artists and year parts of the string to populate the artist and year fields. Any help on this ?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/4 "2025-08-15T13:42:19Z")
Yes, instead of the first suggested guessing pattern, use the second:
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Guessing pattern: `%artist% - %title% - %year%`
The source string stays the same.
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### Author:  [@vmcreator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vmcreator)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/5 "2025-08-15T13:50:48Z")
Thank you so much that has worked 🙂 Saved me loads of work and i understand the %dummy% variable now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-text-in-title/69426/6 "2025-09-14T13:51:13Z")
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