# Removing Track Numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 2, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158 "2013-11-02T07:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FrostbiteHG)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/1 "2013-11-02T07:59:04Z")
Hi all I have a lot of music named with the track number in the filename which i want to remove eg Bob Marley & The Wailers - 03 - Could You Be Loved.mp3 I would like it to be Bob Marley & The Wailers-Could You Be Loved.mp3 It Has to be a filename change as the tomtom player doesn't handle tags well,Can anyone help a dumbass 🙂 Thanks Frosty ---
**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 2, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/2 "2013-11-02T08:42:59Z")
Do you have tags for ARTIST and TITLE? Than you should rename the files with convert / Tag-Filename %artist% - %title% ---
**Author:** ![FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FrostbiteHG)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/3 "2013-11-02T14:43:36Z")
Hi & thx For the help, i think i see where your gojng but as i said they aren't tags but filenames (terminology) so maybe i should use convert filename-Filename, the second part of the command i assume is the string u provided but what would i use as the old filename pattern? Thx Again ---
**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 2, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/4 "2013-11-02T15:25:21Z")
> [@Frostbite](#): > > ... i assume is the string u provided but what would i use as the old filename pattern? > > Thx Again No. For the converter Filename - Filename you have to use %1, %2 etc. So, if your filename pattern is typical then you have a part before the hyphens, one part in between, but that should be discarded and a part behind the hyphen. So the source pattern is: %1 - %2 - %3 and the target pattern is: %1 - %3 You hae to watch out for files that have 3 hyphens. But: Poster is right: I would not repect the tomtom player too much and tag my files first and then generate files that are suitable for the player - otherwise you constantly loose information and have to reconstruct it painstackingly. ---
**Author:** ![FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@FrostbiteHG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FrostbiteHG)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/5 "2013-11-02T16:34:29Z")
Hi, Thx to both of you and that has solved it. I agree with what you say but I'm a great believer in backups,hence after recently losing a hard drive, my mp3s are intact. Thx again for the help Frosty ---
**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-numbers/15158/6 "2026-02-09T12:24:44Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC