# Filter tracks based on "cover embedded" vs "no cover"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 27, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805 "2007-11-27T12:35:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@christian\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_s)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805/1 "2007-11-27T12:35:05Z")
Hi,
I would like to scan my music diretory for tracks that do not have embedded artwork/cover.
I can add a column with the value of %\_Covers% to get a "1" or null value for covers.
But how can I create a filter to to list all tracks where Cover is empty?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805/2 "2007-11-27T13:36:42Z")
[Filter by "No Cover Art"?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3796/2)
[New tag doesn't appear in Field drop-down list in Filter dialog](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3534/1)
DD.20071127.1540
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### Author:  [@christian\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_s)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805/3 "2007-11-27T13:50:47Z")
thanks detlev!
I ended up with the solution to add the Cover field to the taglist display and sort by that. I then mark all 4000 tracks having Cover=null and used export \> csv to get a txt file. In excel it was then easy to make a pivot table to list all the albums I need to continue working on.
Works great, man I love mp3tag - don't know what I would do without this app.
- Chr
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-tracks-based-on-cover-embedded-vs-no-cover/5805/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:37Z")