# How to save album art
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082 "2024-09-28T12:50:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/1 "2024-09-28T12:50:17Z")
I have been with struggling Album Art Downloader in Mp3tag. I have it installed, know how to find album art. The cover shows up in the tagpanel, I save it (i think) but then when I reopen the file no cover is shown. What am I doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/2 "2024-09-28T13:04:59Z")
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> The cover shows up in the tagpanel,
You can see the wanted cover in Mp3tag in the [Tag panel](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/main-window/#cover) on the left side?
Then you save it with Ctrl + S or a click on the blue floppy disc symbol in the Toolbar?
If you reload the song and press Alt + T (View -\> Extended Tags) you can not see the cover? The cover square in the upper right corner is empty?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/3 "2024-09-28T13:09:01Z")
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> The cover shows up in the tagpanel
Set the option to not display pictures from the directory:
Use the filter
%\_covers% MISSING
to find files without embedded picture
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/4 "2024-09-28T13:26:58Z")
Thanks. Yes the option Don't display etc. was checked. I have it unchecked now.
The cover shows up in the extended tagpanel.
How do I set this option you mention?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/5 "2024-09-28T13:46:32Z")
Enter
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> %\_covers% MISSING
in the filter box at the bottom of the MP3tag window.
Ideally, no file will appear in the file list as that means that all the loaded files have embedded pictures.
If files appear in the file, then they still need pictures to be embedded.
See the action
> **[Import Cover from File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/import-cover/)**
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> Documentation on the Import Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
to get pictures from the file system
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/6 "2024-09-28T14:33:34Z")
Thanks a lot.
I can't find a filterbox in the tagpanel.
In addition to my cover question: I can find the album art on the web, when I click on a track it shows up. Will it save automatically? When I save with CTRL-S it takes a long time to do so when there are a lot of tracks selected. When I don't save it show up all the same in my controlpoint so it must be somewhere in the files.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/7 "2024-09-28T14:44:47Z")
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> I can't find a filterbox in the tagpanel.
As I said:
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> in the filter box at the bottom of the MP3tag window.
which is not the bottom of the tag panel Press F3 to see where the filter pops up.
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> I can find the album art on the web, when I click on a track it shows up. Will it save automatically?
I don't understand what you do.
How do you find the album art?
Why do you click where on a track?
As you mentioned
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> Album Art Downloader
which is also the name of a 3rd party program, I am a little lost.
Are you referring to a web source script? And if so: which one?
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/8 "2024-09-28T14:58:57Z")
Sorry. The missing cover trick doesn't seem to work for me.
I work with Album Art Downloader. It finds the album art for me and shows the cover in the tag panel when I activate a track.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/9 "2024-09-28T15:01:18Z")
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> The missing cover trick doesn't seem to work for me.
What does not work with this "trick"?
Do you have embedded covers or not?
Again: as I cannot look over your shoulder experience tells that a screenshot helps in a lot of cases.
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/10 "2024-09-28T15:50:53Z")
How do I upload a printscreen? I have made one but can't find a button to upload it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/11 "2024-09-28T15:51:46Z")
See here:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
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### Author:  [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/12 "2024-09-28T19:16:21Z")
> [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](#):
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> Album Art Downloader
If you're looking for an alternative to that, you can try my [Mp3tag tool](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tool-for-cover-lookup/59761) which queries [this site](https://covers.musichoarders.xyz/).
Once set up, you click on a song in Mp3tag and press CTRL+1 (or which tool number you have saved it as) and a new tab in your browser opens up with results for the artist and album of the active song in Mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/13 "2024-09-29T09:09:14Z")
Thanks
I'll give it a try.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-album-art/66082/14 "2025-08-31T15:44:16Z")
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