Is there a way to delete embedded album art?

MusicBrainz Picard
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In other tag editors like puddletag I can select the embedded art and then delete it.

But upon right clicking picard I do not see such option. Is there another way to do it or I will to install some plugin?

OS: Arch
DE: Gnome
Version: MusicBrainz Picard 2.6.4-1, community

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Ya, I’ve requested they put in common Right-Click options like Copy/Paste, Delete would be another etc.
I don’t understand why these and others aren’t coming in the next update.

So, the way you have to do it is simply “drag-and-drop” the image file you want into the TOP image, and the image will be replaced. So, that’s their version of “delete” image, you have to “replace” it.

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But sometimes I wouldn’t want any image at all embedded. Do you have a solution for that too?

Thank you for making the request.

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Looks like about 5,198 open issues in the ticket tracker :wink:

I can’t find your ticket leeuniverse (?) but this one has been around for a long time and seems like what you want @drench:

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Stick mp3tag in your toolbox. Picard is great for its links in to the database, but MP3Tag is better for it bulk editing abilities. I use them together to cover all my tagging needs.

MP3tag will let you load up multiple albums in one go, and remove art from all of them in one click.

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Only downfall is I can’t use it in linux.

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Ah - sorry. Missed that bit. But same theory works, use puddletag to delete the images, but picard to work with the database. Picard is not really a tag editor. It is more of a tag look up and match in a database tool. Which is why I have two things in the toolbox.

Funny to see the puddletag home page describes the app as “similar to the Windows program, Mp3tag”

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So what I do is sort by image type, and then delete album by album in puddle. Since it can’t really handle bulk.

Do you know a better trick?

Edit, maybe this is the best way, and it isn’t too much of a bother either except initial load time.

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I use Mp3tag and an another windows app IrfanView on linux all the time as I haven’t found no native alternatives that I’m happy with. Wine :wink:

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True, I might look into wine with mp3tag. I do have to change the ugly interface though to something more modern for wine apps.