# Genre deleted if any other tag is changed
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 18, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292 "2023-06-18T18:24:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/1 "2023-06-18T18:24:54Z")
using version 3.21 / windows 10 22h2
since this last update to .21, whenever i change any field the "genre" get deleted (blank)
doesnt matter if i changing the title, the song number, if i copy the tags to the filename or add or remove an album art
any change erases the genre field
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/2 "2023-06-18T18:53:01Z")
It is very hard to say anything to your findings.
Could you supply a lot more information, preferably along the lines of this thread:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/3 "2023-06-18T19:16:42Z")
what else is to say?
you have genre tag filled out, change anything else and they are erased and the field becomes blank,
and you have to fill genre tag again
what can i even try to do against a bug like this?
as said this started with 3.21
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/4 "2023-06-18T19:18:48Z")
What kind of files are you treating?
What do the settings look like in Options\>Tags\>Mpeg in respect to reading, writing tag versions?
What does the extended tags dialogue look like for a single of these files?
What to the settings look like for the field GENRE in the tag panel field definition?
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/5 "2023-06-18T21:29:15Z")
If I may butt in here, I had this problem once myself. It is not a bug. It comes from a user setting in the Options menu. At some point you set the default value for the Genre field to **\< Blank \>**. So Mp3Tag obediently removes that value whenever the file is saved. In the Options menu click Edit for that panel item. Then set the value back to the supplied default which is **\< Keep \>** , and your values will be retained.
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/6 "2023-06-21T18:39:15Z")
no thats not it.
i just tried setting it to keep, it works for one time. In the next change the genre field is deleted again
the way it is now i would have to set "keep" every single time i make a change? thats annoying as hell.
it was not like this on previous versions.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/7 "2023-06-21T18:41:27Z")
Which brings us back to
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> What kind of files are you treating?
> What do the settings look like in Options\>Tags\>Mpeg in respect to reading, writing tag versions?
> What does the extended tags dialogue look like for a single of these files?
Or:
You have to set the `` in
Ctrl-O\>Tag-Panel\>Genre\>Edit\>Standard Value
and not just in the tag panel while entering data.
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/8 "2023-06-21T19:04:26Z")
flac and wav files
idv1 and idv2 utf 16
its set to keep, also in the options/tag panel /genre also as keep
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/9 "2023-06-21T19:05:25Z")
yes, that is how mine is set, with "keep"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/10 "2023-06-21T19:14:56Z")
This is rather mysterious.
Just to get this right:
You select a single file,
modify the title in the tag panel
press Ctrl-S to save the modification
and the contents in "Genre" is removed?
What happens if you select at least 2 files with different data in "Genre"?
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### Author:  [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/11 "2023-06-22T11:59:17Z")
same thing, doesnt matter if i select 1 or 100 files, as soon as i change anything, the genre gets deleted
even if while changing the album image
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/12 "2023-06-22T12:04:04Z")
I would like you to check following things:
1. check the extended tags dialogue after you have applied a change in the tag panel whether there still is a field GENRE or not.
2. do you have another field in the tag panel that references GENRE?
3. Does this also happen if you modify data in the file list or the extended tags dialogue?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-deleted-if-any-other-tag-is-changed/61292/13 "2026-02-09T12:30:05Z")