# Action to rename cover
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786 "2022-10-13T17:22:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@spinner410](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spinner410)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/1 "2022-10-13T17:22:51Z")
Hi there, is there a way to rename album art (for example, cover.jpg) so that it is renamed as thenameofthealbum.jpg
For example, let's say I have an album called "Apples and Oranges". I would like the cover to be named Apples and Oranges.jpg instead of cover.jpg.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/2 "2022-10-13T17:24:54Z")
There is an action to export embedded covers where you can set a format string which also may include field variables:
> **[Export Cover to File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/export-cover/)**
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> Documentation on the Export Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
If you refer to the web sources then set a file name for the picture in
File\>Options\>Tag sources.
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### Author:  [@tor11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tor11)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/3 "2025-02-24T22:58:27Z")
I assume still not possible to do this directly though a format string?
I guess one could just use action group with _Import cover from file_ and _Export cover to file._ 😁
That would leave you with both files though.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/4 "2025-02-25T06:17:42Z")
> [@tor11](#):
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> I assume still not possible to do this directly though a format string?
True.
But, honestly, MP3tag is a program to tag files and not a file renaming program. You don't even see which other files are also in the scanned file system. So how should MP3tag guess that a certain other file is the cover belonging to an album.
This connection is only establshed if the picture data has been embedded.
> [@tor11](#):
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> That would leave you with both files though.
Also true if you do not delete them with means of the OS.
After you have imported the picture files you could
- open a command shell
- navigate to the top folder
- enter the command `del /s cover.jpg`
and all files with the name `cover.jpg` in all the subfolders will be deleted.
The you could export the picture data and probably only the new images will be there.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/5 "2025-02-25T06:55:08Z")
iIn addition to what ohrenkino wrote:
Files other than music files are normally not displayed in Mp3Tag. You can change this if you want by adding the file extensions used for cover files to Mp3Tag under `File->Options->Tags->Restrict incoming files to`. Then the cover files will also be displayed in the list view of Mp3Tag.
However, these cover files do not have any metadata that Mp3Tag can use. So the only option is to use placeholders that are not metadata assigned to the file.
This includes, for example, %\_directory% and %\_parent\_directory%.
So if you have set up your file structure according to the scheme `Albumartist\Album\Files`, for example, you could mark the cover files and rename them with the format string `%albumartist% - %album%` in the converter Tag-\>Filename or a corresponding action of the type Format Value for the field %\_filename%.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786/6 "2025-03-27T06:55:37Z")
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