# Unable to remove track number
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782 "2024-08-31T13:50:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@AWSHO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AWSHO)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/1 "2024-08-31T13:50:25Z")
Could not find in support if this was asked before. I have a bunch of mp4 tracks that were converted to MP3. I am tagging them with %title% - %artist%. The original track has a track number in front. When I go to change the tag it does not remove the track number on all the tracks. Even if I do it by individual track I cannot permanetly remove the track number from certain tracks. Example - Existing tag is 1 - Title - Artist, Trying to change to Title - Artist. I am using the convert format string to do this. It just does not seem to work on all the tracks. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/2 "2024-08-31T13:54:05Z")
> [@AWSHO](#):
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> Existing tag is 1 - Title - Artist
Just to get this clear: the filename is not a "tag". It is something that the OS needs to identify a file. Tags are embedded in the files and can be all different from the filename.
So: what do you want to change? The filename or parts of the fields in the metadata?
> [@AWSHO](#):
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> I am using the convert format string to do this
Please show us with a screenshot which function you use and which parameters you have entered.
Also see e.g. here:
> [@Trying to remove leading track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trying-to-remove-leading-track-numbers/49006):
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> Hello This post is a litle bit old. But therefor I'm new to this tool. In the past I used 2 different programms for renaming and tagging. Now i found this programm and it seems, it could solve both task. There is one little issue I can?t handle. I want exactly this action described in the post. But when I start the action, nothing happens. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance Oliver
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### Author:  [@AWSHO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AWSHO)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/3 "2024-08-31T15:22:30Z")
want to change the filename. I have included the screenshot you requested.
Per the screenshot, the last 5 songs are how I want the first 7 songs re-named. MP3 Tag did rename the bottom five but I can't change the top 7. I don't want to re-name each file individually.
Even if I re-name the title I cannot change the filename.
Thank you for your assistance.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/4 "2024-08-31T15:29:31Z")
Do you want to keep the number in the tag TITLE?
Or would you prefer to first clean up the TITLE (removing the track number) and then rebuild the filename with the new content in TITLE?
And what do you want to do with the trailing underscore in the TITLE of track #4 and #6?
The most easy steps would be:
Use Convert Filename -\> Tag with
`%TRACK% - %TITLE% - %ARTIST%`
for the 7 tracks with a leading track number in TITLE.
Then use your convert Tag -\> Filename with
`%TITLE% - %ARTIST%`
Just as a side info:
This way, you don't see the track order anymore in your windows file explorer.
You would have to enable the column with the track number to get the track sort order back.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/5 "2024-08-31T15:48:45Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Use Convert Filename -\> Tag with
> `%TRACK% - %TITLE% - %ARTIST%`
> for the 7 tracks with a leading track number in TITLE.
That would destroy the existing tracknumber in the form "1/12" like to be seen in the first track.
So if **all the tracks** are correctly numbered like this I would take %dummy% instead of %track%
`%dummy% - %title% - %artist%`
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/6 "2024-08-31T15:56:13Z")
Good catch @poster.
We still don't know if @AWSHO care about the TRACK numbers at all.
If this 12 tracks are the correct one for the Chicago album, AWSHO could also use the [Autonumbering wizard](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/auto-numbering/) to rebuild the TRACK number with the number of total tracks (for example from 1/12 to 12/12).
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/7 "2024-09-01T06:47:01Z")
Your format string accurately uses the data from TITLE.
For whatever reason some TITLE fields contain a leading number.
If you want to get rid of this first and then rename the files, try
Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE
Format string: `$replace(%title%,$num(%track%,1) - ,)`
The preview should show whether you get rid of the leading number and the hyphen in the field TITLE.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-remove-track-number/65782/8 "2026-02-09T12:30:20Z")