# Flac and tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 5, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361 "2014-01-05T10:24:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ivanpsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ivanpsp)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/1 "2014-01-05T10:24:10Z")
Hi,
I added a 11MB cover art to a 23MB FLAC file with Mp3tag, so I got a new 34MB FLAC file.
Then I removed the cover art but the FLAC file size didn't change (it's still 34MB).
Why? And how I can recover the initial file size without re-ripping the file from my CD?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/2 "2014-01-05T12:07:00Z")
Once you removed the cover did you resave the file?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/3 "2014-01-05T12:18:39Z")
[How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8891/3)
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### Author:  [@ivanpsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ivanpsp)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/4 "2014-01-05T12:48:48Z")
> [@stevehero](#):
>
> Once you removed the cover did you resave the file?
Yes I did...thank you
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### Author:  [@ivanpsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ivanpsp)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/5 "2014-01-05T12:50:06Z")
> [@poster](#):
>
> [How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8891/3)
Thank you...
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-tags/15361/6 "2026-02-09T12:24:50Z")