# Add new music "genres"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-new-music-genres/16497
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 11, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-new-music-genres/16497 "2015-01-11T13:16:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Mr.Phil1st](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mr.Phil1st)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-new-music-genres/16497/1 "2015-01-11T13:16:05Z")
Hello, I have started using MP3Tag to update my music library so each file gets a cover. One thing I've noticed is that when I tag the genre, there are already suggestions like Acid, Jazz and the such. There are more than a few of these genre I don't use and even more of the ones that I use (like Metalcore, Death Metal, Trash Metal...) that aren't there. Basically, I would like to be able to add genres to the default list, so that I don't always have to write the whole thing each time, which would make me save a good amount of time. Is there a way that I can manually add/remove genres? Keep in mind I am no programmer and unless clear instructions are provided, I'll probably end-up just messing things up...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-new-music-genres/16497/2 "2015-01-11T13:23:26Z")
Have a look at
File\>Options\>Genres
there you may add user-defined genres.
Please note that the supplied default list represents the V1 standard. User-defined genres are only possible for V2 tags. Non-standard genres are translated to "other" in V1.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Phil1st](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mr.Phil1st)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-new-music-genres/16497/3 "2015-01-11T13:31:10Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Have a look at
> File\>Options\>Genres
> there you may add user-defined genres.
> Please note that the supplied default list represents the V1 standard. User-defined genres are only possible for V2 tags. Non-standard genres are translated to "other" in V1.
Thank you, that worked! Now off to tagging. Only 10k to go 😛 By the way, relating to your signature, "What was the question?" translates to "Quelle était la question?"