Removing Unwanted Characters From File and Folder Names

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Hi @ChilliDog32 - you might want to give this macro a try. It assumes you've selected 1 or more files in Finder before running it. Then it renames each of those selected files with a cleaned up version of the name.

Note: for testing purposes, the macro currently just displays how it's going to rename the files rather than actually doing the renaming. You should use this facility to test on some of the files you have in mind.

When you're happy that it works as you require, just disable the Display action (in green) and enable the Move or Rename action (in red) and you should be good to go.

Here's the macro.

Download Macro(s): Test Clean Up File Names.kmmacros (5.2 KB)

Macro-Image

Keyboard Maestro Export

Macro-Notes
  • Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
    • The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
    • The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
  • macOS 10.14.6
  • Keyboard Maestro v10.2
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