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I have over 30 files I download daily into 1 folder that all have different names. I need to remove the last 13 characters on each file name, so from the dash to the end. I just don't know what to put in "text to remove". Everything I've tried gives me an error. Is this possible?

For this example I just need it to be ABCDE Test and FGHIJ Report.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Srini007 3,463 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @marksben32

Try as below

Folder.GetFiles Folder: $'''D:\\Test_String''' FileFilter: $'''*''' IncludeSubfolders: False FailOnAccessDenied: True SortBy1: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending1: False SortBy2: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending2: False SortBy3: Folder.SortBy.NoSort SortDescending3: False Files=> Files3 LOOP FOREACH CurrentItem3 IN Files3 IF Contains(CurrentItem3, $'''-''', False) THEN Text.SplitText.SplitWithDelimiter Text: CurrentItem3 CustomDelimiter: $'''-''' IsRegEx: False Result=> TextList File.RenameFiles.Rename Files: CurrentItem3 NewName: TextList[0] KeepExtension: True IfFileExists: File.IfExists.DoNothing RenamedFiles=> RenamedFiles END END

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marksben32 22 on at

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That worked! Thank you so much!

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Hi @marksben32

If the above post resolves your issue, then click on ACCEPT AS SOLUTION , so that it will helpful to others

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