# Unwanted hyphens at beginning of filenames

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-hyphens-at-beginning-of-filenames/59035
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-hyphens-at-beginning-of-filenames/59035 "2022-11-11T15:54:58Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-hyphens-at-beginning-of-filenames/59035/2 "2022-11-11T16:01:32Z")

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Could you please show us a real life sample (with a [screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2) or manually written example filename)?

Does your filename actually look like this:

`--ABBA - 01 - Waterloo.mp3`

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