Corrupt genre list

When I browse through my library I see the 16 genres listed that I use. The menu for selecting a genre shows over 50 genres, several of which look like someone's attempt to make a keyword list.
How can the genre list be cleaned out so it only reflects the music in my library?

I noticed that podcasts were the source of the 13 remaining entries that shouldn't be there
Select the podcasts, right click - get info and change the genre to what you want.
i don't think that "techno house trance dance remix" and such are any form of genra.
Why not? Sounds like one to me.
If you don't like it, change it.
No idea what you mean in your 2nd paragraph.
if you mean to say it should like text tags then i would have to complain about the missing 2000+ entries.
If you are referring to why doesn't iTunes have ALL genre possible, it has about 20 defaults. Any other items you add with a different genre will be added to the genre list.
Apple should take the time now, before it is too late, to correct issues like this that effect all users
I don't see an issue with genre.
Anyway, you can send feedback to Apple here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Good luck!

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My genre list has become very random and I want to reduce it to the general Blues Jazz Rock Pop Classical, can anyone help?

iTunes has a set list of genres programmed into it. Other genres are added and deleted as you edit the genre fields of files.
Discussion of general cleanup of genres - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3037638
This is an older set of directions for editing the genres included in iTunes. I don't know if it still works with newer versions, and make sure you back up your computer before doing editing of this kind because unpredictable things can happen.
Editing iTunes application to remove default genres - http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2007020311224154 - added tips: "the 'Genres' section is near the bottom of the 'Localisation string'" & "Right click iTunes and click show package contents"

Anyone figure out how to edit the genre list in itunes yet?

I've searched the topic list to answer my question and have found some threads on this subject but all were from some time back.
I was just wondering if there is anything new on this. I understand there are factory preset genres. I understand how to add and remove my own. But I want to nuke apple's factory preset genres so my list is more concise and pertinent to my own tastes.
Another reason I want to edit it could just be because they say I cant!

I am not sure if this is what you want, if you click on the genre field of an individual track, you can edit it. If you make it a new genre, it will appear in the genre list.

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The genre list is generated from what is in your library.
You can add genres to the list by editing a song and making up a genre for it. I have done this for my Irish music. After changing the genre in the song the list had the new entry.
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Genre list in Itunes

Hi Guys,
I've always hated i-tunes, but now i have to use it as it reorganised my music folder (forgot to untick that box, doowww)after i used it to reformat my IPOD.
Anyways, I am a DJ aswell and sorting by Genre helps me acess tunes quickly.
My porblem is whenever i sort my music and type a new genre it is then auto added to the list of available genres later on to help me categorize my music. This is usually a help, but apple added and some genres i added (some that i don't want to use anymore) remain in the list.
This list of available genres has now become too long, and hinders my speed when having to wade through the list.
I really want to just delete some of these genres out of the available list to choose from to make it shorter, does anybody know how to do this?

The default genres cannot be deleted but any you added can be easily removed from the list. Look through your library, sort by genre is easiest, to find the genre you don't want in list. Now change the genre tag for those files to something else. The genre list will not have that genre anymore.

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Hello everybody, i'm having some problems with my little 12" iBook G4 800Mhz (128+128mb Ram memory).
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