# Album Art
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055 "2012-02-05T03:33:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@NJUSER](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NJUSER)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/1 "2012-02-05T03:33:33Z")
I have a few MP3 files which show no Album Art in MP3Tag, but when I play them with VLC Media Player they are displayed. How can I access them?
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/2 "2012-02-05T04:41:39Z")
It is likely that there is no longer any art embedded in the files.
VLC keeps a cache of album art, sorted by artist.
Try looking here: %appdata%\vlc\art\artistalbum
I believe you have to manually delete the art.jpg file(s) if you ever change the album art and want the new art to be displayed in VLC
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### Author:  [@NJUSER](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NJUSER)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/3 "2012-02-05T14:32:55Z")
Not true. The album art is embedded somewhere in the file.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/4 "2012-02-05T18:25:15Z")
Please provide a MP3 file with embedded art that is not displayed in Mp3tag. If I can reproduce the problem it will be easier to help.
Maybe you can attach it to a forum post or upload it to a file sharing site (like MediaFire).
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/5 "2012-02-05T18:30:59Z")
> [@NJUSER](#):
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> Not true. The album art is embedded somewhere in the file.
interesting. how do you know?
Could you please check your mp3tag settings (File\>Options\>Mpeg) that you do not read APE tags?
Anc could you check whether these files have APE tags?
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### Author:  [@Giri\_Babu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giri_Babu)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/6 "2012-02-05T19:11:09Z")
In windows based systems,
Some times the album folder contains the Album Artwork.
In windows explorer go to "Folder Options"\>View
Remove the tick mark from "Hide protected operating system file (Recommended)"
Then go to your music folder and check. (Press F5 key once) If you can find any image file there, that is the reason to showing the artwork in player.
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### Author:  [@NJUSER](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NJUSER)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/7 "2012-02-05T23:54:52Z")
Let me say this again, it is in the file.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/8 "2012-02-06T01:58:59Z")
> [@NJUSER](#):
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> Let me say this again, it is in the file.
Please show us the file.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/13055/9 "2026-02-09T12:23:38Z")