# \[SOLVED\] Trim filenames
**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/t/solved-trim-filenames/1094
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/solved-trim-filenames/1094 "2020-02-04T13:32:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@techster](https://discourse.beets.io/u/techster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/solved-trim-filenames/1094/1 "2020-02-04T13:32:26Z")
Hi,
I use beet to organize my music collection, and am currently facing some issues. I’m trying to backup a part of my library to the cloud, and there are filename length restrictions for that (filename can’t be larger than 250 bytes). How do I instruct beet to rename all files (trim filenames) with filenames larger than 80 characters or so ( **without** changing the title of the music file)? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/solved-trim-filenames/1094/2 "2020-02-04T15:27:37Z")
Hi! There is a [max\_filename\_length](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/config.html#max-filename-length) config option. (You can then use `beet move` to update your filenames.)
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### Author:  [@techster](https://discourse.beets.io/u/techster)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/solved-trim-filenames/1094/3 "2020-02-04T17:08:31Z")
Thanks, that works!