# Spaces between - mark and links in song description **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431 "2014-12-20T03:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Falenone)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431/1 "2014-12-20T03:25:09Z")
Hello How can I add spaces before and after - mark? Some songs are like **Artist-Title** And some are normal **Artist - Title** And what can I do with the links? I have some songs that has [www.retardedsite.com](http://www.retardedsite.com) and so on in it's tags. And they are mostly different so adding simple replace action won't do. How can I remove them with regex? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431/2 "2014-12-20T06:44:03Z")
Why not just rename them by the tags instead of fiddling around with the filenames. Take the Convert\_Tag-Filename menue. Format string: %artist% - %title% Below the format string you cann see the result in a preview. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431/3 "2014-12-20T09:20:26Z")
> [@Falenone](#): > > Hello > How can I add spaces before and after - mark? Some songs are like > > **Artist-Title** > And some are normal > **Artist - Title** Do a simple replace action for \_FILENAME Search: - Replace: - This adds a blank before and after each hyphen . Now do a second replace for \_FILENAME: Search: blank\> Replace: means that you hit the spacebar. > [@](#): > > And what can I do with the links? I have some songs that has [www.retardedsite.com](http://www.retardedsite.com) and so on in it's tags. And they are mostly different so adding simple replace action won't do. How can I remove them with regex? You do not tell us where you find the "links". Is this part of a field? Is it a field of its own? If this is a string constant, you can easily replace it with a simple replace: Search: [www.retardedsite.com](http://www.retardedsite.com) Replace: (leave empty) If you want to remove any string following the www then use an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" for the field. Search: www.\* Replace: (leave that empty) This removes any text behind the www - so it should be the last string part. Otherwise you loose information. ---
**Author:** ![Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Falenone)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431/4 "2014-12-20T11:03:04Z")
> [@poster](#): > > Why not just rename them by the tags instead of fiddling around with the filenames. > Take the Convert\_Tag-Filename menue. > Format string: %artist% - %title% > > Below the format string you cann see the result in a preview. Before I could do that I need to get my audio life together. It's total clusterf\* nastiness going on on my phone's SD card. Like this. This is nasty as hell and I don't know how I was living with it in the past. And not to mention the artist and title fields are even worse. I better fix my filenames and convert from them when I finish... those 1100 something files. Anyways the replace method worked. Thanks a lot. ---
**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/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:25Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC