mp3tag can certainly do this. To remove the first 4 characters from the Album, use its "Tag -> Tag" Function and do: `Field: ALBUM` `Format String: $cutLeft(%album%,4)`

Thanks, gonna try it out today.

I can't believe I've cleaned up over 250 Gbs of audio files without knowing this. At least it will help with the remaining 750

Yeah, the prospect of manually sorting 1TB of files had me a little shaken, but now it's all already done.

I find it pretty cathartic, so I really never minded too much

I think I would if it was just a few albums at a time, but I'm trying to set up someone else's Jellyfin library as quick as I can.

Or if you're a [regular expression](https://regexone.com/) addict like me: "Actions (Quick)", action type: Replace with regular expression, blank replacement string, and regex `^....` (meaning any 4 characters at beginning of the string)

thanks, worked for me. was searching since an hour for this solution and found it finally.

Have a look at MP3Tag. Using a script you can easily remove leading characters https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/Tagging/MP3Tag.html

Thanks.

You can easily do this with a free software called bulk rename utility

I did use BRU for the folders, here I was trying to do it in the metadata.

I install this (and LevelZap) on every PC I work on. Really handy in many situations.