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# Music Genres

This page lets you configure a list of music genres that's shown in the dropdown for the *Genre* field in the [metadata pane](/directory-opus/manual/basic_concepts/the_lister/metadata_pane.md). A number of genres are pre-defined but you can remove them if you don't need them, and also add your own.

The **Unused genres** list shows the defined genres that won't be listed, and the **Listed genres** list shows the ones that will be.

Use the ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5c6ced6b419903cfce0660f3712838a0e6d99ebb%2Farrow_left.png?alt=media) and ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6086581f315de5ad8c80133cd875de78f0650dbd%2Farrow_right.png?alt=media) buttons to move genres between the two lists. You can also double-click a genre to move it to the other list.

You can change the order of the genres in the **Listed genres** list using the ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8a73ab8ca5d096c5eaa18261f5f82ee8203f9061%2Farrow_up.png?alt=media) and ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6abbdf6102d05d9dccd70b005d84c368c989d4da%2Farrow_down.png?alt=media) buttons.

The ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-09eb0aeeecc0c7eb14052be5a317b1a147da750f%2Fsort_button.png?alt=media) sort button can be used to resort the genres list alphabetically if the order has been changed.

To add a custom genre, enter it in the field at the bottom of the **Unused genres** list and click the ![](https://3597805814-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3XSZSwWow0fDf6fQJobd%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6086581f315de5ad8c80133cd875de78f0650dbd%2Farrow_right.png?alt=media) button.