# Customizing user-defined genre tags, round 2
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 19, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421 "2023-03-19T12:40:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Azmodes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azmodes)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/1 "2023-03-19T12:40:24Z")
I came across [this](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-tags/55177) thread in my search for how to expand on the predetermined list of genres. Unfortunately, the issue didn't really get resolved for this particular case with a version update. While you can indeed now add custom values for most fields, the standard Genre field has this option greyed out. Any reason why? I'd argue that if any field would benefit from being able to expand it with user-defined values, it's genres. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/2 "2023-03-19T12:49:00Z")
Uncheck the prefer to use values from list option to see and modify the list.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/3 "2023-03-19T12:57:51Z")
As you do not tell us which MP3tag version you use, it could be that you still have to set the Genres in the Options.
See
> [@Mp3tag Development Build Status](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-development-build-status/455):
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> Date: 2023-12-22 Version: 3.23c Status: Beta Download: 32-bit [mp3tagv323csetup.exe](https://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv323csetup.exe) 64-bit [mp3tagv323c-x64-setup.exe](https://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv323c-x64-setup.exe) (additional [notes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/notes-on-the-64-bit-version-of-mp3tag/57250)) 3.23c (2023-12-22) FIX: cover preview control at Extended Tags and Tag Sources was not square on all systems. ([#63076](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/63076)) FIX: File List was not refreshed with performed changes after an error occurred when renaming via converter Filename - Filename with a format string that did not match all selected files. ([#63159](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/63159)) FIX: focus on File List w…
and there
> [@Mp3tag Development Build Status](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-development-build-status/455/1):
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> CHG: consolidated user-defined genres to be also implemented via Tag Panel custom list values and retired Options \> Genres.
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### Author:  [@Azmodes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azmodes)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/4 "2023-03-19T13:04:59Z")
I can't. It's greyed out.
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### Author:  [@Azmodes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azmodes)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/5 "2023-03-19T13:06:52Z")
Sorry, my bad. Yeah, I was using 3.19, updating to b fixed it. Thank you very much for the quick reply.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-user-defined-genre-tags-round-2/60421/6 "2023-04-18T13:06:59Z")
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