# Updating Genre issue

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-genre-issue/68458
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-genre-issue/68458 "2025-05-10T11:50:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-genre-issue/68458/2 "2025-05-10T11:53:17Z")

</div>

What settings do you have activated for  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7ebb853862ff41a7276ce2eef96252f26217105d.png)

File -\> Options -\> Tag Panel -\> for your `GENRE` field?

See also here:

> [@Add custom user-defined Genres](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-custom-user-defined-genres/61122):
>
> 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…

---

_[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-genre-issue/68458)._