# split tags

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-tags/18362>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 23, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-tags/18362 "2016-10-23T21:20:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ellzmac](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@ellzmac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ellzmac)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-tags/18362/1 "2016-10-23T21:20:35Z")

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i have the song title and artist tags both in the title field.

i want to split them so i can have them in their proper field

currently it looks like

TITLE - ACDC-TNT  
ARTIST - Various

and i want it like

TITLE - TNT  
ARTIST - ACDC

is there any script which will let me split them at the "-" cos i cant find a way yet

 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7b117fa2f033c9de4a3281432e81a8ef7ecd62d7.jpg)

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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:** [October 24, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-tags/18362/2 "2016-10-24T03:06:42Z")

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> [@ellzmac](#):
>
> i have the song title and artist tags both in the title field.
> 
> i want to split them so i can have them in their proper field
> 
> currently it looks like
> 
> TITLE - ACDC-TNT  
> ARTIST - Various
> 
> and i want it like
> 
> TITLE - TNT  
> ARTIST - ACDC
> 
> is there any script which will let me split them at the "-" cos i cant find a way yet

Create an action of the type "Guess value" for %title%  
Pattern: %artist%-%title%

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-tags/18362/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:29Z")

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