# Genre field not maintained in tag panel
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994 "2025-03-28T17:37:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@TKMBurlington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TKMBurlington)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/1 "2025-03-28T17:37:56Z")
Editing a folder of songs (i.e one album) and I will assign a genre to all the tracks. After saving I see the genre assigned to each track but it disappears within the track panel. All other fields maintain there correct assignment with variable fields showing as .
Why does the genre field disappear?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/2 "2025-03-28T17:48:28Z")
See the FAQs on the Genre field and see if there are settings that filter out any values
> [@Add custom user-defined Genres](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-custom-user-defined-genres/61122):
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> Add and Edit user-defined Genres via Custom List Values Every field on the Tag Panel can have custom values added to its drop-down list. These can be customized via [Options → Tag Panel](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel/) and the Genre field is no exception. You can use Options → Tag Panel → Genre → Custom list values → Manage... to edit the list of custom Genres and also hide the standard genres, if you prefer your own. The following screenshot exemplifies the process: Import and Export of Custom Lis…
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/3 "2025-03-28T17:54:17Z")
> [@TKMBurlington](#):
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> but it disappears within the track panel
What do you mean exactly with "disappears"?
Does it change to `< keep >` or to `< blank >` or is it empty?
A [screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2) from your Tag Panel would help us to identify the reason.
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### Author:  [@TKMBurlington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TKMBurlington)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/4 "2025-03-29T12:49:27Z")
It is empty, but it acts as if it is 'blank'. If I save again the genre field is erased on the selected tracks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/5 "2025-03-29T12:57:07Z")
Which of the settings as shown in the FAQ thread
> [@Add custom user-defined Genres](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-custom-user-defined-genres/61122):
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> Add and Edit user-defined Genres via Custom List Values Every field on the Tag Panel can have custom values added to its drop-down list. These can be customized via [Options → Tag Panel](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel/) and the Genre field is no exception. You can use Options → Tag Panel → Genre → Custom list values → Manage... to edit the list of custom Genres and also hide the standard genres, if you prefer your own. The following screenshot exemplifies the process: Import and Export of Custom Lis…
have you checked and found that the problem is still there?
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### Author:  [@TKMBurlington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TKMBurlington)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/6 "2025-03-29T13:15:35Z")
Here is the edit field panel....
Here is the CUstom List panel...
I have tried every combination of options in the Custom list values panel and the prolem persists. I can select a genre from the drop down, but as soon as I save it to the selected tracks it disappears. If I save again all the genre fields of the selected tracks are erased.
This only happens when MULTIPLE tracks are selected for update. The update works as should when only one track is selected for update
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/7 "2025-03-29T13:18:22Z")
The default value should be ``
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/8 "2025-03-29T13:23:11Z")
`< keep >` is also suggested in the [documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel/#editing-fields) for edited Tag Panel fields:
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### Author:  [@TKMBurlington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TKMBurlington)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/9 "2025-03-29T13:28:51Z")
Changed the default value as suggested. That was the solution
Thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-field-not-maintained-in-tag-panel/67994/10 "2025-04-28T13:29:06Z")
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