# Location of user-defined genre
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** installation
**Created:** [August 6, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324 "2025-08-06T11:15:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Nico](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nico)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324/1 "2025-08-06T11:15:06Z")
Hello, all. I just moved from Win10 to Win11 on a new pc. I have a lot user-defined genres, and I was wondering if there’s a way to transfer them fron the old MP3Tag application into the new. Are they stored in a certain file in the directory?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324/2 "2025-08-06T11:18:07Z")
The easiest way would be to import the configuration from the other system:
> [@Installation & Backup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964):
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> [Can I keep my settings when updating to a new version?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/2)[Can I backup my settings or use them on a different computer?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/2)[How to build a portable installation of Mp3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/3?u=florian)[Cannot write configuration file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/4?u=florian)[Right-click context menu is missing on Windows 11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/5?u=florian)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324/3 "2025-08-06T11:28:36Z")
For the user-defined Genres you can also use **Export** and **Import** :
> [@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:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/location-of-user-defined-genre/69324/4 "2025-09-05T11:28:38Z")
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