# How do you combine two similar tags? video & videos for example?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431 "2016-12-17T18:23:38Z")
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### Author:  [@emiliofcastillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emiliofcastillo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/1 "2016-12-17T18:23:38Z")
How do you combine two similar tags?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/2 "2016-12-17T18:32:21Z")
Go to the tag page, like: [https://meta.discourse.org/tags/tagging](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/tagging)
Select all topics, click on the wrench, click Change Tags.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/4 "2016-12-17T20:09:55Z")
~~@Falco, doesn’t the Rename Tags button not do the same thing? Fewer steps, especially if the tag is used in more topics that fit on screen for `select all`.~~
Edit: OK, this doesn’t work…I could’ve sworn it worked before. Please disregard…
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### Author:  [@emiliofcastillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emiliofcastillo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/5 "2016-12-17T20:15:49Z")
I am actually still stuck here.
When I go rename “videos” to “video” it tells me that the name has already been taken, that it already exist.
So where would I go to merge?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/6 "2016-12-17T20:16:29Z")
Hmm…that’s worked for me in the past. Give me a few moments to test please.
Edit: My test site is woefully out of date - won’t let me make tags. Working to update it…
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/7 "2016-12-17T22:38:11Z")
> [@emiliofcastillo](#):
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> So where would I go to merge?
You should do this instead:
> [@Falco](#):
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> Go to the tag page, like: [https://meta.discourse.org/tags/tagging](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/tagging)
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> Select all topics, click on the wrench, click Change Tags.
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### Author:  [@emiliofcastillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emiliofcastillo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/8 "2016-12-17T23:03:50Z")
@meglio
That doesn’t mean anything to me. Where do I select “all topics”??..which wrench?
I clicked on the link and it takes me to a page were people are discussion several tag related issues, none of which have anything to do with my issue.
I am not looking to “change”…the situation is this, I need all posts with Tags for “videos” to become “video”. I am asking if there is a way to merge the two tags into one.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/9 "2016-12-17T23:12:29Z")
@Falco’s steps were correct. You are a moderator or admin on your site, right?
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### Author:  [@emiliofcastillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emiliofcastillo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/10 "2016-12-17T23:13:56Z")
Yessir I am both a moderator and an admin.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/11 "2016-12-17T23:17:54Z")
Perfect, so at your site go to `/tags`. From there, select the tag you wish to “rename”. In the top left of the topic list, click . Once clicked, a `Select All` should appear. Click that. Once a topic (or topics) are selected, a wrench should appear in the top right. It looks like this: . Click that, they click `Change Tags`. Enter the tag you wish to combine with, and click `Change Tags`.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/12 "2016-12-17T23:20:19Z")
@Falco, one issue with this method - it’s destructive. Using Emilio’s example, let’s say I have 5 topics, 3 with the `video` tag and two with `videos`. One of the topics with the `videos` tag also has `comedy`. When I go to `/tags/videos`, select all, and change the tags to `video`, the `comedy` tag is lost. I’m about 80% certain rename tags used to work for this, but regardless, it needs to work (or there needs to be another method) to avoid losing other tags during the “rename”.
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### Author:  [@Emilio\_F\_Castillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Emilio_F_Castillo)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/13 "2016-12-18T00:02:20Z")
P E R F E C T!!! mission accomplished. I followed the insrtruction, and saw the topics and the wrench.
I am good, thank you so much.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-combine-two-similar-tags-video-videos-for-example/54431/14 "2016-12-18T19:24:55Z")