# Unable to remove a string in the Unsynced lyrics field **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 10, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935 "2016-05-10T14:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/apolea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/1 "2016-05-10T14:45:26Z")
All of my lyrics have the phrase " eng|| " before the lyrics(eg: eng||There is a place). I want to remove them as they cause problems when viewing lyrics. I have created a replace action: Field : UNSYNCEDLYRICS Original : eng|| Replace with : (I didn't put anything in that field) I get the message " formatted tags in xx/xx files. 0/xx replaced. " after running the action. However, nothing happens. Since these are also the first 5 characters, I've also kept the original field as " ^.{5} ". That doesn't work either. Whole expressions and case sensitive fields are unchecked. I've also tried replace with regular expression which doesn't work. Can anyone help me out? **EDIT:** I can replace it with another string, but removing it does not work ---
**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:** [May 10, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/2 "2016-05-10T15:01:47Z")
> [@apolea](#): > > All of my lyrics have the phrase " eng|| " before the lyrics(eg: eng||There is a place). I want to remove them as they cause problems when viewing lyrics. > I have created a remove action: > Field : UNSYNCEDLYRICS > Original : eng|| > Replace with : (I didn't put anything in that field) > > I get the message " formatted tags in xx/xx files. 0/xx replaced. " after running the action. However, nothing happens. Since these are also the first 5 characters, I've also kept the original field as " ^.{5} ". That doesn't work either. Whole expressions and case sensitive fields are unchecked. I've also tried replace with regular expression which doesn't work. > Can anyone help me out? Actually, you have to have some kind of language token as prefix in the field. The default is "eng||". So if you remove it and MP3tag finds that there are no 3 letters followed by 2 bars, it adds them. If you replace the eng|| with e.g. xxx|| it would mean that there is no specific language. But as I said: you have to have some token. What kind of trouble do you have with the lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/apolea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/3 "2016-05-10T20:40:50Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > Actually, you have to have some kind of language token as prefix in the field. > The default is "eng||". So if you remove it and MP3tag finds that there are no 3 letters followed by 2 bars, it adds them. > If you replace the eng|| with e.g. xxx|| it would mean that there is no specific language. But as I said: you have to have some token. > > What kind of trouble do you have with the lyrics? The lyrics display without line breaks. If I remove eng|| they display fine. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/4 "2016-05-11T03:13:57Z")
> [@apolea](#): > > The lyrics display without line breaks. If I remove eng|| they display fine. Where do you check the display of the lyrics? Just a note: without the language token, the field has a non-standard format. ---
**Author:** ![apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@apolea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/apolea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/5 "2016-05-12T02:13:41Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > Where do you check the display of the lyrics? > Just a note: without the language token, the field has a non-standard format. On my android phone. I've tried many lyric viewers and they all show the same behavior. I even contacted the devs, but they said that they only used a library to read the tags. Could that library be the problem? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/6 "2016-05-12T03:16:05Z")
> [@apolea](#): > > On my android phone. I've tried many lyric viewers and they all show the same behavior. I even contacted the devs, but they said that they only used a library to read the tags. Could that library be the problem? Well, who knows? The line breaks do show if you remove the eng|| part? Then it is definitely the library. You could try to replace a single line break with a double one: Action of the type Format value for UNSYNCEDLYRICS Format string: $replace(%unsyncedlyrics%,$char(13)$char(10),$char(13)$char(10)$char(13)$char(10)) Experiment a little to see if you need only the $char(10) or only $char(13) and if it makes any difference at all. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/7 "2023-07-12T06:05:52Z")
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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-a-string-in-the-unsynced-lyrics-field/17935/8 "2023-07-12T06:12:43Z")