# Downloading cover art without changing other tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [April 10, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158 "2025-04-10T13:46:36Z")
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### Author:  [@ChrisC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChrisC)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158/1 "2025-04-10T13:46:36Z")
Hi,
I've downloaded MP3Tag to add cover art to around 1000 albums I have in digital format.
I've linked the application to my Discogs account and can search and download cover art without any problem.
However, if my version of an album doesn't exactly match the Discogs version, tags are being changed. This is most problematic if I haven't got a complete album (no idea why, but that's for another day) as the titles are being changed and then the tracks are mislabelled.
Apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but how do I search Discogs for artwork and only change the cover art?
I'm using the Mac version of the aplication if that is relevant.
Chris
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158/2 "2025-04-10T13:58:06Z")
See the documentation on handling the web sources:
> [@Import Tags from Online Tag Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tags-from-online-tag-sources/56329):
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> Mp3tag allows for importing tags and cover art from two online databases — [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/) and [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/) — via Tag Sources → Discogs and Tag Sources → MusicBrainz. The last used Tag Source can be triggered by ⌘ I. The import works on a per-album basis and is usually a 3-step process: Search via Tag Source Here, you provide artist and/or album details to search for the release in the online database. The more complete, the better the result. Choose one of the search resul…
Have a special look at the part which tells how to disable tag field information.
In your case only the cover should be ticked.
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### Author:  [@ChrisC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChrisC)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158/3 "2025-04-10T15:12:04Z")
Thanks.
It was the difference between Save and Merge that I had not worked out. I was saving and then removing all the existing tags. Merging does exactly what I need.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-without-changing-other-tags/68158/4 "2025-05-10T15:12:05Z")
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