diff --git a/src/common/io/io.h b/src/common/io/io.h
index c783e5323..fc4f4b48b 100644
--- a/src/common/io/io.h
+++ b/src/common/io/io.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ static inline bool ffSearchUserConfigFile(const FFlist* configDirs, const char*
 }
 
 FFNativeFD ffGetNullFD(void);
+bool ffRemoveFile(const char* fileName);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 // Only O_RDONLY is supported
diff --git a/src/common/io/io_unix.c b/src/common/io/io_unix.c
index cd4f3fae5..c8437a52c 100644
--- a/src/common/io/io_unix.c
+++ b/src/common/io/io_unix.c
@@ -372,3 +372,8 @@ FFNativeFD ffGetNullFD(void)
     hNullFile = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
     return hNullFile;
 }
+
+bool ffRemoveFile(const char* fileName)
+{
+    return unlink(fileName) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/io/io_windows.c b/src/common/io/io_windows.c
index 419a29929..ae1d584e9 100644
--- a/src/common/io/io_windows.c
+++ b/src/common/io/io_windows.c
@@ -371,3 +371,8 @@ FFNativeFD ffGetNullFD(void)
         });
     return hNullFile;
 }
+
+bool ffRemoveFile(const char* fileName)
+{
+    return DeleteFileA(fileName) != FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/src/detection/media/media.c b/src/detection/media/media.c
index 7ff7e16bd..1e5a38bc5 100644
--- a/src/detection/media/media.c
+++ b/src/detection/media/media.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const FFMediaResult* ffDetectMedia(bool saveCover)
         ffStrbufInit(&result.url);
         ffStrbufInit(&result.status);
         ffStrbufInit(&result.cover);
+        result.removeCoverAfterUse = false;
         ffDetectMediaImpl(&result, saveCover);
 
         if(result.song.length == 0 && result.error.length == 0)
diff --git a/src/detection/media/media.h b/src/detection/media/media.h
index 2bee25c41..41ca65f55 100644
--- a/src/detection/media/media.h
+++ b/src/detection/media/media.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ typedef struct FFMediaResult
     FFstrbuf url;
     FFstrbuf status;
     FFstrbuf cover;
+    bool removeCoverAfterUse;
 } FFMediaResult;
 
 const FFMediaResult* ffDetectMedia(bool saveCover);
diff --git a/src/detection/media/media_apple.m b/src/detection/media/media_apple.m
index c3cb41bd9..d822b9435 100644
--- a/src/detection/media/media_apple.m
+++ b/src/detection/media/media_apple.m
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static const char* getMediaByMediaRemote(FFMediaResult* result, bool saveCover)
                     FF_CFTYPE_AUTO_RELEASE CFStringRef ext = UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass(uti, kUTTagClassFilenameExtension);
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
                     NSString *tmpDir = NSTemporaryDirectory();
-                    NSString *uuid = [[NSUUID UUID] UUIDString];
+                    NSString *uuid = NSUUID.UUID.UUIDString;
                     NSString *path = [tmpDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"ff_%@.%@", uuid, ext ? (__bridge NSString *) ext : @"img"]];
                     if ([artworkData writeToFile:path atomically:NO])
                         ffStrbufSetS(&result->cover, path.UTF8String);
@@ -160,5 +160,7 @@ void ffDetectMediaImpl(FFMediaResult* media, bool saveCover)
         if (ffStrbufStartsWithIgnCaseS(&media->player, "com."))
             ffStrbufSubstrAfter(&media->player, strlen("com.") - 1);
         ffStrbufReplaceAllC(&media->player, '.', ' ');
+        if (media->cover.length > 0)
+            media->removeCoverAfterUse = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/detection/media/media_windows.c b/src/detection/media/media_windows.c
index 51810e423..899b6551a 100644
--- a/src/detection/media/media_windows.c
+++ b/src/detection/media/media_windows.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static const char* getMedia(FFMediaResult* media, bool saveCover)
     ffStrbufSetWS(&media->album, result.album);
     ffStrbufSetWS(&media->cover, result.cover);
     ffStrbufSetStatic(&media->status, result.status);
+    if (media->cover.length > 0)
+        media->removeCoverAfterUse = true;
     return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/logo/logo.c b/src/logo/logo.c
index bb1398e5e..3081dc2c4 100644
--- a/src/logo/logo.c
+++ b/src/logo/logo.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "util/stringUtils.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 typedef enum __attribute__((__packed__)) FFLogoSize
@@ -474,6 +475,16 @@ static bool logoPrintData(bool doColorReplacement, FFstrbuf* source)
     return true;
 }
 
+static void removeMediaCoverFile(void)
+{
+    const FFMediaResult* media = ffDetectMedia(true);
+    if (media->cover.length > 0)
+    {
+        ffRemoveFile(media->cover.chars);
+        ffStrbufDestroy((FFstrbuf*) &media->cover);
+    }
+}
+
 static bool updateLogoPath(void)
 {
     FFOptionsLogo* options = &instance.config.logo;
@@ -490,6 +501,7 @@ static bool updateLogoPath(void)
         if (media->cover.length == 0)
             return false;
         ffStrbufSet(&options->source, &media->cover);
+        if (media->removeCoverAfterUse) atexit(removeMediaCoverFile);
         return true;
     }