# Find files with no artwork
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 10, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496 "2011-09-10T16:26:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dogbytes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dogbytes)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496/1 "2011-09-10T16:26:37Z")
Hi,
I love using this program, it's made my task of cleaning up my MP3s much easier.
I was wondering if there's a way for me to find all files that do not have artwork attached?
I seem to have fixed up most of my files now, but every now and again I'll find a file that doesn't have artwork and it bugs me.
So if there was a way I could just filter/sort by files with no artwork, I could find all these very quickly.
thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496/2 "2011-09-10T16:52:47Z")
> [@dogbytes](#):
>
> ... filter/sort by files with no artwork, I could find all these very quickly.
>
> thanks!
Use the filter
%\_covers% IS ""
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### Author:  [@dogbytes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dogbytes)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496/3 "2011-09-10T18:50:12Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Use the filter
> %\_covers% IS ""
Perfect ! Thank you.
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496/4 "2011-09-11T10:14:44Z")
> [@dogbytes](#):
>
> Perfect ! Thank you.
You could also create a column within mp3tag. Right click where you would have Title, Artist, Genre etc (Right click\>customise columns\>new) and see the attachment below for the settings. This way you can easily sort them. You may even have more than one cover to your songs. You can also hide this column after you done with it. But as you can see I have it just labelled "A" for art so it doesn't take up so much screen real estate!
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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/find-files-with-no-artwork/12496/5 "2026-02-09T12:23:20Z")