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isickles
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

How can we easily manage/delete tags?

Hello, I'm wondering if the ability to manage tags has been addressed?  God forbid you misspell a tag and end up having to be extra mindful when choosing the tag with the correct spelling.  I have several files that I'm tagging and this task becomes very tedious. Having the ability to delete "bad" tags would be a great feature!

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    5 months ago

    Hey isickles, thanks for posting to our Community!

    I moved your post to a thread of its own, as the original thread was a pretty old one.

    Would you mind clarifying what you'd like to accomplish exactly?

    If you have a specific idea for a new feature, you can also post it to our Ideas section.

    I'd definitely suggest taking a look at Emma's tips before posting your idea and once you post it, other users can see and up-vote it.

    Let me know if you have any questions!

  • FFHC's avatar
    FFHC
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 months ago

    Hi Hannah,

    I wanted to comment on this thread. I use a website bookmarking tool that has excellent tag management features, and I would appreciate similar functionality in Dropbox. With this tool, I can easily access the tag management area to review all the tags in my account. This allows me to remove misspellings, update outdated tags, and consolidate similar ideas into a single tag. Here are a few examples from the "B" category.

    Let's say I want to modify the tag back.  

    Hovering triggers the option to edit or delete the tag itself: 

    Clicking the tag displays all of the assets that have the tag of back. This asset is no longer needed (as the website no longer exists), so I can delete the tag from the system, then delete the asset altogether in another step. 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for the suggestion, FFHC!

    I've passed this along to the team.

    Let me know if you have any questions!

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