# What is %\_separator% for?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861 "2019-10-26T00:22:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/1 "2019-10-26T00:22:11Z")
I could not find it anywhere -- neither in the help, nor in the forum, nor in google search (site:...); and i could not understand, while tried to use it.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/2 "2019-10-26T06:42:03Z")
It's for the layout of the tag-panel and it is mentioned in the help there.
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/3 "2019-10-26T08:22:44Z")
That sounds really useful. Gonna give that a go for sure.
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/4 "2019-10-26T08:32:43Z")
Can it be used to separate headings in the main window?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/5 "2019-10-26T08:44:51Z")
See the help
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel)
for a description of the function.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/6 "2019-10-26T09:29:54Z")
Really. Thank you for the help.
I used it earlier, but have already forgotten about. We can see it everywhere, for example in the action groups, this was confusing for me.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/7 "2019-10-26T14:36:42Z")
> [@incifinci](#):
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> We can see it everywhere, for example in the action groups, this was confusing for me.
Really? In which action-type?
I don't see this here. Maybe you have added it yourself?
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/8 "2019-10-26T15:20:24Z")
In Format value action, for example: Action groups \>\> Create new \>\> Create new action \>\> Format string \>\> arrow at right from "Format string" \>\> there seems **\_separator** :
But: now i did a new, clean (portable) installation, too. And there is no \_separator... It does not seem, likely that I typed it by hand anywhen.
The last fresh install i did 3 years ago, on my new laptop; since then i did just updates.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/9 "2019-10-26T15:26:54Z")
You can find out if this is a user-defined field or a standard one if you reset the list with the functions of the right-arrow-button next to the field selector.
(On my PC I did not have the field name \_SEPARATOR and I did not get it after the reset).
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/10 "2019-10-26T15:29:12Z")
Probably you are right, now i try it. Sorry, i shall lose all my needed fields, too. All right, they came back as time goes.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/11 "2019-10-26T15:36:56Z")
Hmm -- no. The little arrow below "Remove all from history" removed all my written expressions only, but **has no effect** on the list of available fields (placeholders).
May be, will be not a wrong practice from time to time do a clean reinstall, preserving only actions, genres and so on? (Probably all, what is in Backup.)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/12 "2019-10-26T15:39:00Z")
> [@incifinci](#):
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> "Remove all from history" removed all my written expressions only,
Quite so.
And then there is the function "Reset tag-fields" which should lead to a list that shows only the standard fields as supported by MP3tag.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/13 "2019-10-26T15:40:37Z")
I can not see such. Where is it? I can not see "Reset tag-fields" arrow anywhere. Just a moment, take a new snapshot. Here it is:
 
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/14 "2019-10-26T15:50:38Z")
> [@incifinci](#):
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> But: now i did a new, clean (portable) installation, too. And there is no \_separator... It does not seem, likely that I typed it by hand anywhen.
I think you did. The list you are showing isn't the list I thought of. I looked for the selection of fields and this list looks completely different. In your selection list of format-strings tag-fields are never shown with a leading underscore, only if you used the format-string yourself.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/15 "2019-10-26T15:52:57Z")
And do you know about that "Reset tag-fields" narrow, where is it?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/16 "2019-10-26T15:58:59Z")
The functions in the right-arrow-menu for fields are ...
(see the language file for the strings in your language):
\_M\_STR\_TAGFIELDS\_REMOVE Remove field
\_M\_STR\_TAGFIELDS\_REMOVEALL Remove all fields...
\_M\_STR\_TAGFIELDS\_RESET Reset fields...
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/17 "2019-10-26T16:06:37Z")
Yes, i have them, too (when using english), as there it seems above, on my third screenshot. And **it** does nothing with the list.
(Now i try clean install, then fill back MySettings.zip plus individual translation file and flag.)
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/18 "2019-10-26T16:17:12Z")
**First attempt** of clean install. I uninstalled Mp3tag. The uninstaller offered me to preserve the individual settings, and i select it. Fresh install. The result: no change, **"\_separator" is still there**.
**Second attempt**. I uninstalled Mp3tag, also my settings. Fresh install. The result is proper, **"\_separator" disappeared**. Then fill back my settings from previously taken Mp3tagSettings.zip, but without mp3tag.cfg. **"\_separator" is there, again**.
There will be no third attempt. I also refill back the config file, and that is all. The \_separator (by the way, in 2 copies, as it was earlier) and all the list remains, as it was -- what could i do?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/19 "2019-10-26T16:46:04Z")
You can stop now. It's probably a bug and I'll look into it and fix it when I find something.
My guess is that you're using `_SEPARATOR` somewhere on the Tag Panel and it isn't filtered out when filling the list of standard tag fields.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-separator-for/46861/20 "2019-10-26T16:49:05Z")
Florian, thank you for your attention. Factually it is not a big bug 😃 , so anyway, it is not urgent.
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