# GENRE Lost all my user-defined genres
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600 "2023-07-18T08:20:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@petziman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/petziman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/1 "2023-07-18T08:20:50Z")
After installing an upgrade some time ago I lost all my user-defined genres for classical music (ap. 150). Now I can't even choose between different genres. The drop-down menue does not work nor can I enter new genres on the Tag-Panel option like I used to do. Has anybody an idea what has gone wrong?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/2 "2023-07-18T08:22:14Z")
See here:
> [@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:  [@petziman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/petziman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/3 "2023-07-18T08:42:30Z")
Thanks for your help. I can now enter new GENRES (I remember having done this in a different much easier way before: I think I could choose directly under Tap-Panel something like adding a new Genre) however I still have no drop down menu in the GENRE field.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/4 "2023-07-18T08:50:27Z")
Then please show us the settings for that field in the tag panel that you find if you click on "Manage..." in the field definition dialogue.
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### Author:  [@petziman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/petziman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/5 "2023-07-18T08:56:02Z")
Does that help?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/6 "2023-07-18T09:09:10Z")
You would have to untick "Prefer values..."
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/7 "2023-07-18T09:13:09Z")
> [@petziman](#):
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> Does that help?
Yes. If you are interested "[How to use screenshots to exemplify the issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2)"
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From the [Genre documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/genres/):
## Show only user-defined genres
If enabled, the drop-down list of the Genre field on the Tag Panel only shows user-defined genres after a restart of Mp3tag.
## Prefer genres from tags in list at Tag Panel
If enabled, Mp3tag shows the genres from the tags in the list on the Tag Panel and if the files don’t have any, shows the list of genres to select from.
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### Author:  [@petziman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/petziman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/8 "2023-07-18T09:16:44Z")
THANK YOU! Now the drop down menu works again.
Is there no easier way to add GENRES?
It used to be so simple.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/9 "2023-07-18T09:20:56Z")
I doubt that there was a simpler way.
Or you could create a list in a text file and load that contents into the "Manage" dialogue.
I wonder where your old definitions have gone.
Usually, the settings get migrated.
Have you changed the installation method so that the old settings could not be remembered?
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### Author:  [@petziman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/petziman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/10 "2023-07-18T10:02:13Z")
I think all the mess started when I updated once the 32-bit instead of the 64-bit Version by mistake.
I think I can live with the solution you showed me - thanks again for your fast help - I have just donated 10 bucks.
Yours, sincerely
Peter
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-lost-all-my-user-defined-genres/61600/11 "2023-08-17T10:02:22Z")
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