# Splitting a field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-a-field/12801
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 11, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-a-field/12801 "2011-12-11T14:04:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@privatewid](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/privatewid)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-a-field/12801/1 "2011-12-11T14:04:33Z")
Hi all,
Can anyone tell me how I can split a field keeping only the first part of it like this please:
The Day (IDIOT012BP2)
I need to remove everything in the parenthesis and the trailing space (in this case after the letter 'y')
I've searched the forum and found this [post](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/12742/1) to be similar to what I need but my regex knowledge is dire!
Cheers,
Paul
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-a-field/12801/2 "2011-12-11T14:12:40Z")
> [@The Sheriff](#):
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> ...
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> The Day (IDIOT012BP2)
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> I need to remove everything in the parenthesis and the trailing space (in this case after the letter 'y')
Thanks for quoting me .. 😉
Perhaps you try this:
Create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" for the field that has too much information.
Enter as search string:
(._) (._
Enter as replace string:
$1
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### Author:  [@privatewid](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/privatewid)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-a-field/12801/3 "2011-12-11T16:26:56Z")
Thanks ohrenkino much appreciated.
I only got as far as (.\*) before getting frustrated and posting for help!
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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/splitting-a-field/12801/4 "2026-02-09T12:23:30Z")