# Replace Blank Album with Text

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046 "2009-09-28T21:39:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![limapet](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@limapet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/limapet)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046/1 "2009-09-28T21:39:42Z")

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I'm trying to replace blank albums with an album name by defining an action that replaces a blank with a name, but mp3tag won't let me save the action with a null Original name. How can I accomplish what I want?

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### Author: ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046/2 "2009-09-30T03:51:59Z")

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> [@lima](#):
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> won't let me save the action with a null Original name.

"What do you mean by that " ?

This should you get started  
Create an Action called "No Album then Unknown Album"

Format Value: ALBUM  
Format String: $IF(%ALBUM%,%ALBUM%,Unknown Album)

What it does is:  
If the %ALBUM% Tag is empty it will write "Unknown Album" in the ALBUM Tag.

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### Author: ![limapet](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@limapet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/limapet)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046/3 "2009-09-30T12:50:14Z")

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> [@lima](#):
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> won't let me save the action with a null Original name.

> [@Mike\_nl](#):
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> "What do you mean by that " ?

The window where the action is defined doesn't allow me to leave the Original field blank. If a value isn't provided, clicking OK doesn't close the window.

> [@Mike\_nl](#):
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> This should you get started  
> Create an Action called "No Album then Unknown Album"
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> Format Value: ALBUM  
> Format String: $IF(%ALBUM%,%ALBUM%,Unknown Album)
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> What it does is:  
> If the %ALBUM% Tag is empty it will write "Unknown Album" in the ALBUM Tag.

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blank-album-with-text/9046/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:49Z")

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