# Replace treats %Artist% as a literal

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-treats-artist-as-a-literal/61321
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-treats-artist-as-a-literal/61321 "2023-06-21T14:24:00Z")
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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-treats-artist-as-a-literal/61321/6 "2023-06-22T05:09:48Z")

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You cannot use a placeholder (in your case %artist%) in an action of the type "Replace".

> **[Replace – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/replace/)**
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> Documentation on the Replace action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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