# Größe von FLAC-dateien wird durch entfernen von Album Covern nicht reduziert **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-von-flac-dateien-wird-durch-entfernen-von-album-covern-nicht-reduziert/13558 **Category:** Allgemein **Created:** [June 18, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-von-flac-dateien-wird-durch-entfernen-von-album-covern-nicht-reduziert/13558 "2012-06-18T13:44:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover) #### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-von-flac-dateien-wird-durch-entfernen-von-album-covern-nicht-reduziert/13558/7 "2020-08-08T14:59:08Z")
> [@How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891): > > I just received some FLAC files that had coverart embedded. The .jpg files that were embedded were however way too big: about 4-6 MB per FLAC! MP3Tag took ages to read these huge tags in the total of 230 files, probably because of these huge tagsizes. So I deleted all coverart via the "extended tags". However, the tagsize is still indicated to be between 4 and 6 MB per FLAC, even after the deletion of all coverart ... Is there any way decrease the tagsize ? I already deleted all tags and pres… oder ausserhalb Mp3tag: > [@How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891/13): > > Something else to note: You can use metaflac.exe to remove the images themselves. No need to do it manually in Mp3tag and then run a script to remove the excess padding. --remove --block-type=PICTURE And if you wish to preserve file modification times, use: --preserve-modtime --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-von-flac-dateien-wird-durch-entfernen-von-album-covern-nicht-reduziert/13558)._