# rename umlaut characters like ß ä ö ü in file name and folder name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 28, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701 "2016-02-28T05:32:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/1 "2016-02-28T05:32:41Z")
how can i find all folders that have that special characters like ß instead of ss?
how can i rename those folders automatically?
thx alot.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/2 "2016-02-28T05:47:55Z")
> [@parafux](#):
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> how can i find all folders that have that special characters like ß instead of ss? ...
Filter: "%\_directory%" HAS "ß"
**Action "Format value" Field: \_DIRECTORY Formatstring: $replace(%\_directory%,'ß','ss','ä','ae','ö','oe','ü','ue')**
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### Author:  [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/3 "2016-02-28T06:01:52Z")
perfect that works. mp3tag is gr8!
windows does not have such a function. i always got the ss folders also.
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### Author:  [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/4 "2016-02-28T06:44:09Z")
is it also possible to rename those directories automatically from "ß" to "ss"?
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### Author:  [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/5 "2016-02-29T16:03:29Z")
> [@parafux](#):
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> perfect that works. mp3tag is gr8!
>
> windows does not have such a function. i always got the ss folders also.
There's a built-in action group named "CD-R (1) German" that can get you started. DetlevD seems to hava a better solution since all the replacements are in one function. Was $replace() able to deal with multiple replacement parameters from the beginning?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/6 "2016-02-29T17:41:54Z")
> [@Rijkstra](#):
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> ... Was $replace() able to deal with multiple replacement paramaters from the beginning?
See there ...
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting)
[/t/5876/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5876/1)
DD.20160229.1945.CET
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701/7 "2026-02-09T12:26:07Z")