# Removing Track #'s from filename or title field **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-s-from-filename-or-title-field/15244 "2013-11-27T02:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sonicx32](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sonicx32](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sonicx32)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-s-from-filename-or-title-field/15244/1 "2013-11-27T02:45:10Z")
I have thousands of songs that for some reason have tons of leading zeroes like a track number. For example most of them are in this format in the FILENAME field: 00 - 00 - 00 - 00 - 00 - Someone Like You.mp3 I have already tried this method found in the FAQ but it did not find anything to replace. - "_[i]Remove/trim leading track numbers_ Action type: Replace with regular expressions Regular expression: ^\s\*\d+\s\*-\s\* Replace matches with: This regular expression removes the track number from "01 - Anything.." so that only "Anything..." remains. "^" matches the beginning of the string. Then any numbers of whitespaces "\s\*" followed by numbers from 0-9. The \s\*-\s\* port removes the hyphen and any white space characters around it. [/i]" What can I put in the regular expression field that would eliminate these 00's or other such numbers? ---
**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 27, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-track-s-from-filename-or-title-field/15244/2 "2013-11-27T05:16:56Z")
If you want to get rid of the numbers then you replace them with "nothing". The search string you use seems to imply a leading space which I do not see in your example. I would shorten the expression as follows: Regular expression: ^\d+\s\*-\s\* ---
**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-s-from-filename-or-title-field/15244/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:47Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC