diff --git a/src/mcopy.cpp b/src/mcopy.cpp
index 14b1abf..2db70b4 100644
--- a/src/mcopy.cpp
+++ b/src/mcopy.cpp
@@ -112,15 +112,18 @@ void get_metadata_from_file(const Settings& settings, const std::string& format,
         get_comment(),
         get_extension(),
     };
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
     std::vector<char> the_forbidden_characters{'<', '>', ':', '"', '/', '\\', '|', '?', '*'};
 #else
     std::vector<char> the_forbidden_characters{'/'};
 #endif
-    for (const auto& it : {&data.title, &data.album, &data.artist, &data.track, &data.year, &data.genre, &data.comment, &data.extension}) {
-        for (const auto& c : the_forbidden_characters)
-            static_cast<void>(std::remove_if(it->begin(), it->end(), [&c](char _c) { return c == _c; }));
+
+    const std::vector<std::string*> data_members = {&data.title, &data.album, &data.artist, &data.track, &data.year, &data.genre, &data.comment, &data.extension};
+
+    for (const auto& it : data_members) {
+        for (const auto& c : the_forbidden_characters) {
+            it->erase(std::remove_if(it->begin(), it->end(), [&c](char _c) { return c == _c; }), it->end());
+        }
     }
 
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> delim_map{