# Simple Action Question

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058 "2013-09-25T17:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pbright)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058/1 "2013-09-25T17:09:35Z")

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I want to replace the title with the File name

Field: TITLE  
Original: %title%  
Replace with: %\_filename%

The above doesn't work so I guess I don't know what I'm doing ...lol

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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:** [September 25, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058/2 "2013-09-25T17:12:49Z")

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No comment ...  
Use a different type of action for this task:  
"Format value" for TITLE  
Format String: %\_filename%

Or you could just as easy use  
Convert \> Filename - Tag  
Enter  
%title%  
as mask.

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**Author:** ![pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pbright)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058/3 "2013-09-25T17:16:54Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> No comment ...  
> Use a different type of action for this task:  
> "Format value" for TITLE  
> Format String: %\_filename%
> 
> Or you could just as easy use  
> Convert \> Filename - Tag  
> Enter  
> %title%  
> as mask.

thanks... like a newbie I didn't read the regex examples in the forum .. I found the answer already posted here also:

[/t/521/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/521/1)

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:40Z")

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