# Replace **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 29, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408 "2015-11-29T11:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nocturnus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/1 "2015-11-29T11:07:41Z")
Hi. I want to exclude the first Fraze "The" from Replace, it's possible? 01 - The Legend Of The Legend to 01 - The Legend of the Legend These are my settings ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/a1e8ae061d670fa917932583f9a963a8b1ba7ab8.jpg) ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/a1e8ae061d670fa917932583f9a963a8b1ba7ab8.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/2 "2015-11-29T11:22:42Z")
No, you cannot exclude something in an replace-action. You could correct it with another replace-action. Original: - the Replace with: - The ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/3 "2015-11-29T11:42:49Z")
> [@Nocturnus](#): > > Hi. I want to exclude the first Fraze "The" from Replace, it's possible? > > 01 - The Legend Of The Legend > > to > > 01 - The Legend of the Legend This leads for me to the following observations: A global replace of ordinary words causes more harm than it does good. The effort you save by using the lazy \_ALL has to be spent by undoing all the unwanted changes. Apparently, also the filename gets treated although it should be created from the tags. And even the idea to exclude the first "The" will not carry far enough for the band "The The". As language is not logical, I doubt that a global approach will lead to decent results. Or you have to live with the compromises. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nocturnus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/4 "2015-11-29T11:58:07Z")
> [@poster](#): > > No, you cannot exclude something in an replace-action. > > You could correct it with another replace-action. > > Original: - the > Replace with: - The Your solution works great. Thanks a lot! [![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/3/362ce9f5d26b821a33e02b256df89d6863dc0c17.gif)](http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nocturnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nocturnus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/5 "2015-11-29T12:07:59Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > The effort you save by using the lazy \_ALL has to be spent by undoing all the unwanted changes. > Apparently, also the filename gets treated although it should be created from the tags. I use Covert - Tag - Filename for many files. I know what you mean. But my problem was with files I do not want Tags. I can' spent time to correct tags if I remove them. So, the lazy \_ALL is useful sometimes 🙂 Cheers ---
**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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace/17408/6 "2026-02-09T12:25:58Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC