# add genre to existing multi genre tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 25, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346 "2010-04-25T10:06:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Breakie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Breakie)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346/1 "2010-04-25T10:06:10Z")
Hi Guys,
I want to add new genres to (different) existing (multi) genre tags.
For Example:
I have files currently tagged as "disco; 80" and "New Wave; 80" and so on, and now I want to add a new genre (batch) to these tags. In the above example, the outcome would have to be: "disco; 80; Instrumental" - "New Wave; 80; Instrumental"
I tried to leave the genre fields set to "keep" and then added the new genre with a ; separator, but that doesn't work...
How do I solve this?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346/2 "2010-04-25T10:25:24Z")
> [@Breakie](#):
>
> ... I want to add new genres to (different) existing (multi) genre tags.
> For Example:
> I have files currently tagged as "disco; 80" and "New Wave; 80" and so on, and now I want to add a new genre (batch) to these tags. In the above example, the outcome would have to be: "disco; 80; Instrumental" ...
Is this string **"disco; 80"** , that what you see in Mp3tag "Extended Tag View" to be the content of the **GENRE** tagfield?
If so, then you can do it like it is described there ...
[Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/5)
If not, then come back and tell us more about the content of the GENRE tag field/s, you might see in Mp3tag "Extended Tag View".
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