# Wav files not showing metadata in windows explorer
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 28, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271 "2019-04-28T09:05:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Teletha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Teletha)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271/1 "2019-04-28T09:05:44Z")
So i have ID3 tagged the wav file with mp3tag but windows doesn't want to show "title" & "album" names as it does for the mp3 file with the same tag data on it. is it possible to get it working for .wav files too since it also doesn't want to show the album artwork too?
the .wav file has these tags [https://i.imgur.com/9a4liXX.png](https://i.imgur.com/9a4liXX.png)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271/2 "2019-04-28T09:11:07Z")
I would think that this is still a windows issue, see also here:
> [@Problem with the tag in the wav file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-the-tag-in-the-wav-file/19577):
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> Hello all. I have a problem with the tag in the wav file. Namely, after saving the field "album artist", windows 10 sees an empty field. In the program, the field contains text,and displayed correctly, but in windows is empty. Other files, e.g. flac, mp3 are displayed correctly. Please help me. Photos in attachment Sorry for my English
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### Author:  [@Teletha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Teletha)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271/3 "2019-04-28T12:15:55Z")
hm ye but is there no 3-party program that could add this support kinda like how icaros thumbnail software works?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wav-files-not-showing-metadata-in-windows-explorer/45271/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:03Z")