# Replace Title with truncated filename

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-title-with-truncated-filename/11567
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 10, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-title-with-truncated-filename/11567 "2011-02-10T18:17:39Z")
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### Author: ![edpatterson](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@edpatterson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edpatterson)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-title-with-truncated-filename/11567/1 "2011-02-10T18:17:39Z")

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I am trying change the 'title' on field on 65 tracks. Right now they are name track001 through track065. This is what is showing up in iTunes (shudder, but...).

I would like to change the titles to the filename less the .mp3. I looked into custom actions and watched the video but am too stupid to figure it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

example of what I have

 

Filename............Title  
Name of book 01.mp3 track001  
Name of book 02.mp3 track002  
...  
Name of book 65.mp3 track065

 

example of what I would like

 

Filename............Title  
Name of book 01.mp3 Name of book 01  
Name of book 02.mp3 Name of book 02  
...  
Name of book 65.mp3 Name of book 65

 

Sorry for the ...'s it strips consecutive spaces, perhaps I used the wrong font/bbcode.  
Thanks for your time  
Ed

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### 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: [February 10, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-title-with-truncated-filename/11567/2 "2011-02-10T18:24:12Z")

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> [@edpatterson](#):
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> I would like to change the titles to the filename less the .mp3.

use the converter Filname Tag and enter as mask  
%title%

The preview function of that dialogue should guide you.

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### Author: ![edpatterson](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@edpatterson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edpatterson)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-title-with-truncated-filename/11567/3 "2011-02-10T22:33:50Z")

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Thanks so very much, for some reason I kept looking for a Convert Filename to Title option and not making the connection that the Tag in the tool means 'any' of the tags.

Heck of a program!

Thanks again!  
Ed

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> use the converter Filname Tag and enter as mask  
> %title%
> 
> The preview function of that dialogue should guide you.

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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-title-with-truncated-filename/11567/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:54Z")

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