# Why doesn't this remove leading spaces?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-doesnt-this-remove-leading-spaces/1756
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-doesnt-this-remove-leading-spaces/1756 "2005-03-06T20:43:30Z")
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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-doesnt-this-remove-leading-spaces/1756/3 "2005-03-06T21:10:10Z")

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1. You chose the wrong action type. You need "Replace with reg. expression" and not only "Replace"
2. \s\* would kill all spaces, I'm sure you don't want that.  
Look [here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/521/2)

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