# User-defined genre export

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885 "2021-10-26T09:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/albiek1976/32/12313_2.png) [@albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albiek1976)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/1 "2021-10-26T09:12:42Z")

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Is there a way to print all of the user-defined genres?  
I would like to view it on the computer screen to copy & paste, export it and save it to a file or just import it later.

I haven't found this topic listed.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/2 "2021-10-26T09:20:51Z")

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I am not quite sure what you mean by

> [@albiek1976](#):
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> all of the user-defined genres

Do you mean those that you defined in File\>Options\>Genre?  
These are saved in a file called genres.ini in the data folder.  
If you want to see all the genres that you used in your collection, then create a report with the single statement  
`$loop(%genre%,1)%genre%`  
`$loopend()`  
This report does not distinguish between standard and user-defined genres.

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**Author:** ![albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/albiek1976/32/12313_2.png) [@albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albiek1976)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/3 "2021-10-26T10:43:19Z")

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Thanks, but that is not what I have in mind.  
I have +38,000 entries. I am just looking to have a list of what I have in the File\>Options\>Genre in user-defined genres listed once so I can save the 65 genres preferably both in copy & paste and CSV. formats. ![user defined](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/7/77f9653c9ecd366adc5175d65d6304a20245d7be.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/4 "2021-10-26T10:49:56Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> These are saved in a file called genres.ini in the data folder.

As @ohrenkino already wrote:  
Open the path `%appdata%\Mp3tag\data` in your windows file explorer and then have a look inside the file `genres.ini`

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/5 "2021-10-26T11:00:39Z")

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Just an amendment/clarification: genres.ini is a plain text file and can be opened with Editor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genre-export/54885/6 "2021-11-25T11:00:55Z")

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