# How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 4, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891 "2009-09-04T13:41:38Z")
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### Author: ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891/13 "2017-03-25T18:53:52Z")

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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

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