# Bulk Actions: "Remove Tags" in addition to "Change Tags"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, bulk-actions
**Created:** [28 oktober 2016 om 07:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145 "2016-10-28T07:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [28 oktober 2016 om 07:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/1 "2016-10-28T07:00:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Bulk Actions: "Add Tags" in addition to "Change Tags"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-add-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/40059):
Today I was doing some cleanup of older topics, and this included work on tags. After recategorizing topics I wanted to remove all tags on topics, but there isn’t a bulk action to do this. I ended up using the change topics action. As it is a destructive action (not append) I changed the tag to a temporary tag, which I then could delete from the `/tags` UI. Adding a “remove all tags” action would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2018 om 01:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/2 "2018-05-15T01:06:59Z")
I too could find a way to select multiple topics and bulk-remove a tag from them when the tag is the only tag assigned to the topics.
Actions available are:
1. APPEND tags, which is obviously not what I need.
2. REPLACE tags, which requires at least one tag to be set in the modal dialog before the “Replace” button becomes available.
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### Author:  [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)
#### Post date: [8 november 2019 om 03:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/3 "2019-11-08T03:58:25Z")
I would like a “remove this tag from selected posts” bulk option in the tag management window. Right now I can _replace_ the tags (which destroys all tags on the post) or _add_ tags, but I can’t remove the tags.
Now, this dialogue is more general bulk actions, so it might be better to add this to the top of the tag’s page, to appear when you select topics within the screen. So When you select topics, something like this pops up:
Desired action will be to _remove_ the tag from the selected topics.
Use case: As our community has never been able to use tags before, they’re just adding lots of the wrong tags to their posts. So I find myself needing to remove tags from selected posts. For now, I have to open each thread individually, edit the title, and then remove the tags, and save. NOT ideal, especially when dealing with dozens.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [26 juni 2020 om 21:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/4 "2020-06-26T21:08:53Z")
Moved Heather’s post over here, I didn’t remember I had written the same feature request a few years prior!
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [7 oktober 2020 om 01:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/8 "2020-10-07T01:09:29Z")
This feature is now available via:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f4c7c7bff3e880e1224d7ae05052fd3725797522](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f4c7c7bff3e880e1224d7ae05052fd3725797522)
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### Author:  [@depadiernos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/depadiernos)
#### Post date: [18 mei 2021 om 17:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/9 "2021-05-18T17:33:17Z")
The feature you mentioned is for removing ALL tags. I’m pretty sure that what is being asked for is the ability to remove a specific/single tag from multiple topics, which is what I was looking for as well. 🙂
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [18 mei 2021 om 17:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/10 "2021-05-18T17:53:40Z")
Blast from the past! I made this topic before I joined the team 😃
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> I wanted to remove all tags on topics
My original request was to remove all tags on the selected topics. Remove a specific tag appears to have been suggested 2 years later by Anton. Regardless, thoughts @techAPJ? Could we extend the remove tags option to prompt for a specific tag alongside the option to remove all tags?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [24 september 2024 om 17:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/11 "2024-09-24T17:57:39Z")
There is a separate feature topic:
> [@Ability to remove selected tags with bulk actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-should-be-an-option-to-remove-one-kind-of-tag/276709):
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> I would like this to be a feature because there is no way to remove only one kind of tag, and the closest option is remove all tags, but that is not a viable option. This would make organizing the forum easier. You can also choose to delete the tag itself, but what if you wanted to only remove that tag from certain posts? This is why I would like this to be a feature.
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [26 september 2024 om 07:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/12 "2024-09-26T07:23:56Z")
Closing this one as complete. We can discuss other wishes for bulk tag management in the topic @Moin linked to above.
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [26 september 2024 om 07:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/13 "2024-09-26T07:24:08Z")