# Replace action : Self-Titled

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 11, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424 "2010-05-11T13:23:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dikiz)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/1 "2010-05-11T13:23:36Z")

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I don't like when my album are titled "Self-Titled", like this :

- Deftones - 2003 - Self-Titled

Mostly because I've never "Self-Titled" written on a record.

So I tried a replace action in the ALBUM tag that would replace all the "Self-Titled" by %ARTIST%, but that's not working...:

- Deftones - 2003 - %ARTIST%

What should I do to have:
- Deftones - 2003 - Deftones

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/2 "2010-05-11T16:52:03Z")

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Placeholders don't work in the normal Replace action.  
But you can use **Format value** :

Field: ALBUM  
String: $replace(%album%,Self-Titled,%artist%)

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### Author: ![dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dikiz)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/3 "2010-05-11T18:41:41Z")

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Great!!

I'm just wondering if there's a way to add alternatives, a little bit like this :  
String: $replace(%album%,Self-Titled|Self-titled|Selftitled,%artist%) (except " **|**" won't work)

If it's not possible, no big deal, I'll creat 3 rules then. Thank you again **dano**!

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/4 "2010-05-11T21:11:17Z")

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Like this  
$replace(%album%,Self-Titled,%artist%,Self-titled,%artist%,Selftitled,%artist%)

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### Author: ![dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dikiz)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/5 "2010-05-12T18:54:42Z")

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Many thanks to you dano! (again... 🙂)

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### 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, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-self-titled/10424/6 "2026-02-09T12:22:23Z")

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