# Need information regarding Genres
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600 "2017-12-13T14:00:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@gerste2017](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gerste2017)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/1 "2017-12-13T14:00:03Z")
I checked www and here but did not find the information.
I only need the setting/table/query where standard genre are saved in Windows (see pic). What I found out is that there must be a standard in OS regarding existong genres from files...
BR
gerste
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/2 "2017-12-13T15:27:04Z")
It's not a standard that is enforced by the operating system, but instead a standardized list of ID3v1 genres which is hard-coded into the different applications.
You can, however, completely disable that list at "Options \> Genres" and add you own user-defined genres which will the appear on the list.
Kind regards
— Florian
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### Author:  [@gerste2017](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gerste2017)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/3 "2017-12-13T16:07:15Z")
where hard coded? all these genres must come from a table/setting or am I wrong?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/4 "2017-12-13T19:49:48Z")
> [@Gerste](#):
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> where hard coded? all these genres must come from a table/setting or am I wrong?
Yes, and the table is standardized, see e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3) and scroll down to the list of genres.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/5 "2018-01-02T20:44:31Z")
Some more info about genres and how they are / aren't handled by Mp3tag: [/t/18135/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/18135/1)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-information-regarding-genres/19600/6 "2026-02-09T12:27:08Z")