# Re: Adding native FLAC padding column and removal

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372 "2023-03-14T13:17:14Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-adding-native-flac-padding-column-and-removal/60372/17 "2024-01-18T20:40:54Z")

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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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