# Why is MP3 Tag Replacing Chars

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-is-mp3-tag-replacing-chars/59808
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-is-mp3-tag-replacing-chars/59808 "2023-01-26T18:44:31Z")
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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: [January 27, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-is-mp3-tag-replacing-chars/59808/15 "2023-01-27T07:14:21Z")

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Mp3tag replaces `:` and `/` from tag values to `_` when renaming from tags, as those characters have the special semantics as described above on macOS.

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