# Newbie asks: Where to get metaflac and make MP3tag detect it?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486 "2022-09-15T21:27:27Z")
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### Author:  [@DreamyQuiet258](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DreamyQuiet258)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/1 "2022-09-15T21:27:27Z")
Hi everyone,
Excuse my ignorance, I just learned about metaflac which I was told it could remove padding with MP3Tag, but I didn't find the link to download this tool. It seems obvious, but I genuinely can't find it. Can someone tell me where to find it? I tried to look for it on the official FLAC page and went to the download section, but there's not a specific download link provided for metaflac (maybe I'm not looking in the right place?).
And another question, how do I get MP3Tag to detect metaflac? I assume that metaflac doesn't include an installer and I'll have to move it in a specific path. Sorry, I'm not very technical about this kind of stuff and I'm very bad at following instructions.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/2 "2022-09-16T05:31:46Z")
See this thread on how to
> [@DreamyQuiet258](#):
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> get MP3Tag to detect metaflac
> [@How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-decrease-the-tagsize-after-deleting-coverart/8891/13):
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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
metaflac is part of the flac codec package, so you have to download that, e.g. here:
[https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/flac/](https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/flac/)
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### Author:  [@DreamyQuiet258](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DreamyQuiet258)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/3 "2022-09-16T22:36:42Z")
Thanks for the response, it was confusing at first, but now that became clear to me. Just one thing: Does metaflac.exe can be at whatever location, right? Is there a recommended location I can put it in?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/4 "2022-09-17T05:21:44Z")
> [@DreamyQuiet258](#):
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> Is there a recommended location I can put it in?
The best location would be the one which you can remember that you put it there.
So, no, there is no dedicated location.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-asks-where-to-get-metaflac-and-make-mp3tag-detect-it/58486/5 "2022-10-17T05:22:07Z")
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