# Replacing separator '-' with '–' on folders names
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-separator-with-on-folders-names/11896
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 20, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-separator-with-on-folders-names/11896 "2011-04-20T22:59:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@david.lynch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/david.lynch)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-separator-with-on-folders-names/11896/1 "2011-04-20T22:59:51Z")
hello everyone 🙂
seems that recently Discogs replaced artist/album separator from '-' to '–'.
could mp3tag replace artist/album separator ('-') on folders names by the new 'dash' ('–')?
if possible, this would be not as easy as is seems: some folder names could have more than one '-', and only the artist/album separator must be replaced...
any help will be appreciated!
thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-separator-with-on-folders-names/11896/2 "2011-04-21T17:49:38Z")
> [@david.lynch](#):
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> hello ... could have more than one '-', and only the artist/album separator must be replaced...
why don't you rewrite all folder names the way you want it.
Create a user-defined action that formats the pseudo-tag directory with a pattern of your liking, e.g. the new dash between artist and album.
e.g.
%artist% – %album%
(why do you let discogs temper with your collection?)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-separator-with-on-folders-names/11896/3 "2026-02-09T12:23:03Z")