# Separator "-" issue

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separator-issue/9585
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 25, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separator-issue/9585 "2009-12-25T04:05:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kimosapiens)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separator-issue/9585/1 "2009-12-25T04:05:28Z")

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Hi !

I need to change this: ABBA-Mamma Mia to this: ABBA - Mamma Mia

Many of my mp3 files have no space between artist and tittle and others have one space. I want all of them with a single space.

How do I can fix it ?

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separator-issue/9585/2 "2009-12-25T12:33:31Z")

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_Action type:_ **Replace with regular expressions**  
_Regular expression:_ **\s\*-\s\***  
_Replace matches with:_ **" - "** (without quotes)

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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/separator-issue/9585/3 "2026-02-09T12:22:02Z")

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