# delete all but cover images
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762 "2011-03-22T03:39:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@antipro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antipro)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/1 "2011-03-22T03:39:08Z")
hi, how do I remove all tags but not the images?
yes i can remove all metadata form the tag panel, but if i do that there's still the lyrics under the TAG column and i want to remove them.
if i press REMOVE TAG, yes the lyrics are deleted but the images too, and i want to keep them.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/2 "2011-03-22T05:14:38Z")
> [@antipro](#):
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> hi, how do I remove all tags but not the images?
The GUI way would be to select all files in which you want to delete the tags, presst Alt-T to get the extended tags dialogue and then delete there all fields one by one.
As the cover is treated separately, you should be left with the cover afterwards.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/3 "2011-03-22T15:06:47Z")
You can use the a **Remove fields except** action.
[/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@antipro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antipro)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/4 "2011-03-22T15:54:14Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> The GUI way would be to select all files in which you want to delete the tags, presst Alt-T to get the extended tags dialogue and then delete there all fields one by one.
> As the cover is treated separately, you should be left with the cover afterwards.
yes i did it but if i remove all fields i dont remove the lyrics, look screenshot please.
I mean the 1st column called "Tag" under which is written "ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 Lyrics3v2 ID3v2.3)".
isn't it the lyrics?
I want to remove them but the "remove tag" command, it remove the images too.
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### Author:  [@antipro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antipro)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/5 "2011-03-22T15:57:45Z")
> [@dano](#):
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> You can use the a **Remove fields except** action.
> [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
thanks, I read it and i did it but it seems it dont remove that i want to remove.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/6 "2011-03-22T15:59:21Z")
> [@antipro](#):
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> yes i did it but ... the "remove tag" command ..
You are on the right track: cut the tags and then paste them immediately again.
The "Lyrics 2.3" tag is a rather awkward tag that can be removed safely and this is done if you cut and paste the tags with the function of the context menu (right click) in the files list.
THis won't delete your unsyncedlyrics tag but clean up your tags that in the end you have nothing but V2 tags.
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### Author:  [@antipro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/antipro)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/7 "2011-03-22T18:28:53Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> You are on the right track: cut the tags and then paste them immediately again.
> The "Lyrics 2.3" tag is a rather awkward tag that can be removed safely and this is done if you cut and paste the tags with the function of the context menu (right click) in the files list.
> THis won't delete your unsyncedlyrics tag but clean up your tags that in the end you have nothing but V2 tags.
sorry, maybe i didnt understood well,
so cant i remove completely the Tag column? (%\_tag\_read%[(%\_tag%)])
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/8 "2011-03-22T18:44:40Z")
> [@antipro](#):
>
> sorry, maybe i didnt understood well,
> so cant i remove completely the Tag column? (%\_tag\_read%[(%\_tag%)])
Of course can you hide that column - right-click on the column header, select "columns ..." and untick the appropriate column in the list of columns ....
Yet, that column shows the kind of tags that are present in the file. So hiding the column does not modify the file contents.
One way of modifying the tag version (of which "Lyrics" is one) you have to cut and paste them as described before. If you cut and paste the tags before you deleted the cover and set the options for writing tags to "V2.3" then this should restore the cover if you paste the cut data immediately.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-but-cover-images/11762/9 "2026-02-09T12:22:59Z")