# Change of genre **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 11, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232 "2018-10-11T13:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/1 "2018-10-11T13:40:06Z")
Working with ver 2.90a I am unable to change the genre of songs. The genre returns to the original value when I try to save the change. Peter ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/2 "2018-10-11T13:44:39Z")
could this be the cause? [https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-tags-not-working/43142](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-tags-not-working/43142) ---
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/3 "2018-10-11T15:13:22Z")
Thank you for responding. My tags don't disappear they simply cannot be changed regardless whether I do this for one single file or for a block of files. E.g. a song is tagged as Rock 'n' Roll and I want it to be Pop, I click on the genre window arrow, select Pop in the dropdown and the window no shows Pop. When I then save the change with Ctrl+s the tag Rock 'n' Roll reappears in the window and nothing has changed. Greetings, Peter ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/4 "2018-10-11T15:16:15Z")
Please check which tag versions you read and write in File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg. It could be that you read APE tags but you do not write them. (This was also part of the linked thread) ---
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/5 "2018-10-11T15:45:19Z")
I use a list of custom tags (since about one year) and this has not been changed since. This worked fine until the last time I used MP3tag (some 2 month ago). After updating to ver 2,90a recently I use MP3tag for the first time today. MP3tag recognizes my custom genre table only it doesn't apply it. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/6 "2018-10-11T15:48:21Z")
Could you try to delete the genre field and then add it again? I still think that this has something to do with the update of the tag-panel features. ---
**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/7 "2018-10-11T15:48:37Z")
Can you please check whether you have any duplicate tag fields listed at "Options \> Tag Panel"? If so, please remove the duplicates and try again. ---
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/8 "2018-10-11T15:59:10Z")
I wanted to attach a screenshot of my settings but this didn't work so I give it like this mpeg LESEN: ID3v1, ID3v2 not ape SCHREIBEN : ID3v1, ID3v2 not ape below that only radiobutton ID3v2.3 UTF-16 is selected ENTFERNEN all three (ID3v1, ID3v2, ape) are selected. As you see I Use the German version and LESEN means, READ, Schreiben means WRITE and ENTFERNEN means REMOVE . ---
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/9 "2018-10-11T16:06:12Z")
In fact I had 8 duplicate entries in Tag-panel &Genre amongst them. Now let me try with the duplicates eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@senior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/senior)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/10 "2018-10-11T16:07:41Z")
OK OK OK That change did it. I thank you very much for your help en expertise in this matter Vielen Dank, Peter Petula ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-genre/43232/11 "2021-01-07T10:47:58Z")
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