# How to remove cover art AND shrink file size?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-cover-art-and-shrink-file-size/9558
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 20, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-cover-art-and-shrink-file-size/9558 "2009-12-20T02:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-cover-art-and-shrink-file-size/9558/5 "2024-04-13T15:38:52Z")

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For future readers of this (old) thread, please have a look at this new Utils entry "Optimize FLAC" in the context menu for FLAC files, introduced in Mp3tag 3.23d:

> [@Re: Adding native FLAC padding column and removal](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372/17):
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> I've just released [Mp3tag v3.23d](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) with a new entry Utils → Optimize FLAC in the right-click context menu of FLAC files. This will remove the excess padding from the selected FLAC files. To display existing padding, create a column with value %\_tag\_size\_appended%. This reports the size of the padding for FLAC files, where %\_tag\_size\_prepended% reports the size of the Vorbis Comments and embedded cover art.

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