# Removing total track information from multiple files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 29, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050 "2009-09-29T11:35:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@martinlooker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/martinlooker)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/1 "2009-09-29T11:35:14Z")
Some of my files have track number and total tracks listed. I would like to remove the total tracks part of this field - is there anyway to do this automatically for multiple files (basically I'm looking to handle this as a seperate field rather than having to handle two fields in one).
Any suggestions ?
Regards, Martin.
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### Author:  [@Th3ProphetMan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Th3ProphetMan)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/2 "2009-09-29T14:35:38Z")
The fastest way i know is the autonumbering wizard (icon in the toolbar or tools menu), as long as the tracks show in the right order in mp3tag.
If your albums are in a folder each, you can tick the reset counter for each directory option in the wizard so that you dont have to repeat the process on each album.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/3 "2009-09-29T15:40:39Z")
Copy the total track to your preferred tag field:
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **FIELD**
_Format string:_ **$ifgreater(%\_total%,0,%\_total%,%field%)**
Separate the track field from total tracks:
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **TRACK**
_Format string:_ **[$num(%track%,1)]**
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### Author:  [@laura\_27](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laura_27)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/4 "2011-11-01T18:45:23Z")
Thank you. Could you tell me how to make it so that when you copy the total track number to the separate field, it shows with a leading zero? ie. track x/8 becomes '08' in the tracktotal field?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/5 "2011-11-01T19:05:31Z")
create an action of the type Format Tag field for TotalTRACK and enter as format string:
$num(%totaltrack%,2)
for 2 digits per totaltracknumber or
$num(%totaltrack%,3)
for 3 digits per totaltracknumber.
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### Author:  [@laura\_27](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laura_27)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/6 "2011-11-02T12:06:00Z")
Thanks for your help but that didn't work. It entered '00' in each field rather than '08'.
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### Author:  [@laura\_27](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laura_27)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/7 "2011-11-02T12:11:42Z")
Never mind, I fixed it to %tracktotal% instead of %totaltrack%. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-total-track-information-from-multiple-files/9050/8 "2026-02-09T12:21:49Z")