# How do I remove genre information? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469 "2024-11-30T16:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gframed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gframed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gframed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/1 "2024-11-30T16:49:55Z")
![fghfdj](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/8/3/683ebc2dd1d545f3d42095dc17b315cbbc566452.jpeg) Plexamp wants to tell me the genre of all my music. It thinks the Dead Kennedys and Depeche Mode are basically the same. I don’t care what it thinks, I just don’t want to see it, but I can’t seem to find any way to turn this off. Maybe it’s just me, but why this is even an option? It’s just visual noise. Every other line of text on the screen is meaningless. If I wanted to sort my library by genre, I’d do that through the dedicated genre tabs. Why bother showing this in the artist tab? ---
**Author:** ![MarkV1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@MarkV1320](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MarkV1320)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/2 "2024-11-30T18:05:47Z")
[MusicBrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) and [Mp3tag](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html) are popular options to edit metadata. ---
**Author:** ![gframed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gframed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gframed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/3 "2024-11-30T18:28:42Z")
Whatever genre Plexamp is showing, it’s not what I have in my library’s metadata. Regardless, I don’t want it to show anything. I just want a list of artists. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/4 "2024-11-30T19:32:48Z")
It has nothing to do with Plexamp. There can be track genre, album genre, and artist genre. ---
**Author:** ![gframed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gframed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gframed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/5 "2024-11-30T20:10:39Z")
I just double-checked these specific artists using two different programs. No, there is no secret metadata stashed somewhere within these files. I repeat - these genres (Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen) do not exist in the metadata of my files. And I’ll repeat once more, **I do not care what genre Plexamp thinks the music is in, I simply wish to hide the information.** ---
**Author:** ![gframed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gframed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gframed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/6 "2024-11-30T20:12:40Z")
I’m getting the sense that what I’m asking for isn’t possible. I find it hard to believe that no one else has complained about this. This is the “Artists” tab, so I’d prefer to see a list of artists, uninterrupted by auto-generated genres that I never asked for. ---
**Author:** ![Cipote80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Cipote80](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Cipote80)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/7 "2024-11-30T20:19:49Z")
I’m not sure if what I’m going to tell you will work, but try it and let us know… In Plex web, go to the music library settings and under “edit” “advanced” “genre” select “none”. ![IMG_1090](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/6/a/d6a889a99815e8c074b7260cd13045b486844857.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gframed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gframed](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gframed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/8 "2024-11-30T20:33:06Z")
Thank you! This was it. Don’t know how I missed it. After checking “none” and refreshing metadata, the genre labels are removed. However, now my library contains no genre information at all lol. Personally, I don’t mind since I use playlists anyway, but it just seems strange. Why link artist and genre like that? Why have separate Artist and Genre categories if you’re just going to throw the information together anyway? Well, thank you regardless. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-i-remove-genre-information/897469/9 "2025-02-28T20:33:49Z")
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