# Is there a way to limit who can use a certain tag?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796 "2024-03-11T00:54:35Z")
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### Author:  [@civitas\_john](https://meta.discourse.org/u/civitas_john)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/1 "2024-03-11T00:54:35Z")
For example, we may want a specific tag called “Homepage”, and then display recent “Homepage” posts on our main website. If we allow all users to choose this tag, it would become a mess. So, I wonder if there is a way to achieve this end - that only certain (groups of) users can use certain tags.
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### Author:  [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/2 "2024-03-11T01:56:09Z")
Yes. You can create a tag group, and then restrict use of tags in that group to certain users (also by group, but a different kind of group!)
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### Author:  [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/3 "2024-03-11T05:42:18Z")
Just to expand a bit on @mattdm’s response, below are the steps you can take to achieve this functionality 🙂
### Step 1: Create a Tag Group
1. Go to your Tag Group panel. This can be accessed by appending `/tag_groups` to your forum’s URL (e.g., `https://yourforum.discourse.org/tag_groups`).
2. Here, click on the **New** button to create a new tag group.
3. Fill in the necessary details for your tag group:
- **Name** : The name of your tag group.
- **Tag names** : The tags that you want to include in this group. You can either select from existing tags or create new ones.
- Optional settings such as visibility and whether tags are mandatory for certain categories can also be configured here.
1. Click on the **Save** button.
### Step 2: Restrict Use of Tags in the Group to Certain Users
Below is an example where the `cicd-standard` tag is visible to all, but restricted to admin-bots etc
You might have also missed this topic which also shows the feature.
> [@Limit tag-groups to certain groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-tag-groups-to-certain-groups/130559):
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> It would be cool if there was a way to limit the usage of tags from a tag group to certain groups. Currently only the settings “public” and “team” are possible.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/4 "2024-03-11T06:05:11Z")
There is one caveat.
If locale is another than `EN` automatic groups, as trustlevels etc, will use translated names. And those can’t be use. So if a tag group is allowed for TL3 then must create manually another group for TL3 (and higher).
This is longtime bug or design issue. Perhaps it will be fixed sometime.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/5 "2024-03-11T06:22:56Z")
Hmm. I don’t think I’ve heard of that limitation. Have you got a bug topic you can link to?
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/6 "2024-03-11T06:27:17Z")
Out there is at least two topics about that — one german, one is mine. I can’t remember where I published mine, can be at support too. It never raised any reactions, though. That’s why my bet goes on design issue 😉
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/7 "2024-03-11T07:38:37Z")
From a quick test, everything appears to be working as expected?
This is the dropdown to select them:
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/8 "2024-03-11T07:55:55Z")
> [@Jagster](#):
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> one german, one is mine
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-group-tag-is-visible-only-setting-doesn-t-do-anything/295916/9?u=moin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-group-tag-is-visible-only-setting-doesn-t-do-anything/295916/9)
> [@Non-english automatic groups don't stick when applied to Tag Group visibility/usability restrictions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-bug-in-the-tag-group-settings/221849):
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> If I set the option: “Keywords are visible for everyone, but only the following groups can use them”. …select groups \> save \> then reload the page or go back into the options later, the two selected groups are no longer displayed. However, the function comes into effect and only these two groups can subsequently assign tags from the group. This can cause confusion for multiple administrators. Is this the way it is supposed to be? slight_smile Thanks already for the feedback slight_smile
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/9 "2024-03-11T08:12:25Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> This is the dropdown to select them
Yes, it is there 😏
Now you can choose one, save, go away, return and reopen that. That trustlevel has disappeared and neved did anything.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/10 "2024-06-04T10:21:28Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-limit-who-can-use-a-certain-tag/298796/11 "2024-06-04T10:45:01Z")
I’ve continued the #Contribute > Bug conversation over in [Non-english automatic groups don't stick when applied to Tag Group visibility/usability restrictions - #17 by JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-english-automatic-groups-dont-stick-when-applied-to-tag-group-visibility-usability-restrictions/221849/17) 👍