# Why am I not able to create and save a tag?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-am-i-not-able-to-create-and-save-a-tag/175516
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-am-i-not-able-to-create-and-save-a-tag/175516 "2021-01-08T15:34:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![DxJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dxj/32/205541_2.png) [@DxJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DxJ)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-am-i-not-able-to-create-and-save-a-tag/175516/1 "2021-01-08T15:34:49Z")

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Hi, we are setting up the forum and testing the tags functionality.

I see that even after creating a tag and (seemingly) saving a tag on a topic, the tag ‘install’ is not saved. I did not remove it, just hovering above to show that it is there before saving…

 ![04](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/e/9ebb51b2b99073e2ac83b166f0dca2aad3d1da31.jpeg)

Why won’t my new tag show after I create it?

Sometimes I also run into **Tag cannot be applied (created?)** warning message or something similar, but right now I just cannot reproduce it.

But, other than that, Discourse works like … well, we are all _really_ impressed. Thank you!

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-am-i-not-able-to-create-and-save-a-tag/175516/2 "2021-01-08T17:33:45Z")

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have you made any changes in the tag admin settings?

> /admin/site\_settings/category/tags

Any error appearing in the log?

> /logs/

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### Author: ![DxJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dxj/32/205541_2.png) [@DxJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DxJ)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-am-i-not-able-to-create-and-save-a-tag/175516/3 "2021-01-09T19:03:06Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/5/75af1261996c4a18dda2970bbb198429924dd3d1.png)

… sorry, but new users can only post a single image.