# \[X\] Cover and file size
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-and-file-size/18106
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-and-file-size/18106 "2016-07-12T19:39:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@elendil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/elendil)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-and-file-size/18106/1 "2016-07-12T19:39:05Z")
Hi,
First of all, sorry if this has been reported already, but there are so many posts on this forum, I just search a few minutes, i confess...
I've noticed an issue: changing a cover îmage by a lighter one doesn't decrease the file length. In fact, on a FLAC file, i had a 2 MB picture that I changed by a 300 Kb one, but the file size stays the same.
I tried adding multiple pictures to get a very big FLAC file (45 MB with only 15 MB of audio, the rest in covers), then removing all the covers... the file was still 45 MB.
I've changed huge pictures by smaller ones on so many files... for nothing ☹
Apart from that, well there's not much to say, it's an amazing software 🙂
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-and-file-size/18106/2 "2016-07-12T23:03:48Z")
No Bug.
read here:
[How to remove cover art AND shrink file size?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9558/2)
> [@How to remove cover art AND shrink file size?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-cover-art-and-shrink-file-size/9558/2):
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> If you remove cover art via Mp3tag from FLAC files, Mp3tag keeps the free space as padding for future changes.
>
> If you really want to get rid of the free space you'd have to use another tool (e.g., the metaflac command line utility).
>
> Kind regards,
> Florian
And here a solution
[How to decrease the tagsize after deleting coverart](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8891/1)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cover-and-file-size/18106/3 "2018-12-28T14:39:13Z")
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