# Tag-Panel or Extended Tag-View: Replace cover-file manually
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361 "2018-07-17T07:04:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/1 "2018-07-17T07:04:48Z")
I manage to add cover-files for new albums almost exclusively with actions or with web-sources, where I can define that the added cover shall replace the existing covers.
But sometimes I partly rework my music-library and add covers manually in the tag-panel.
In these cases I always have to remove the existing cover and add the new cover which means 1 additional unnecessary step.
Therefore I suggest an option in the tag-panel to toggle between "add to" and "replace" existing covers. This option should also work with D&D.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/2 "2018-07-17T07:18:59Z")
+1
This would be great!
For D&D: As usual with Ctrl to add or Shift to replace an existing cover.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/3 "2018-07-17T08:25:50Z")
Just to be a feature creep: please note that there are also tracks that have several embedded pictures of different types.
Any replacing should then refer only to the currently shown picture. And it should guarantee that for all songs any modification of the type then is valid for all selected tracks.
(I still would wish that actions could manipulate the tag properties of embedded pictures but that is a different topic).
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/4 "2018-07-17T08:55:05Z")
I just wanted not be to be so demanding and suggest an ideal world.😀
My suggestion therefore foots on the current features of the action and the websources which find no equivalent feature in the tag-panel.
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### Author:  [@LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LaurenBacall)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/5 "2018-07-17T10:27:57Z")
Was reading along and had a bit of deja vu 🙂 Was looking for the same feature just [last month](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-remove-cover-art-if-smaller-than-specific-dimensions-size/41936/3) as a compromise for an original question I had, with all the same concepts as above. I thought perhaps `Alt` might be a better key modifier for drag and drop though with it representing 'alternate', though not sure if that would falsely trigger the menu which may be an issue.
Agree that if such a feature existed it should ideally replace just the visible cover at the time.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/6 "2024-11-07T16:20:06Z")
I've just released [Mp3tag v3.27e](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) with the option to replace the currently displayed cover.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-or-extended-tag-view-replace-cover-file-manually/42361/7 "2025-05-22T14:03:21Z")
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