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[[managing-tags]]
== Tags

Tags enable you to categorize your saved objects.
You can then filter for related objects based on shared tags.

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image::images/tags/tag-management-section.png[Tags management]

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=== Required permissions

To create tags, you must meet the minimum requirements.

* Access to *Tags* requires the `Tag Management` Kibana privilege. To add the privilege, open the main menu,
and then click *Stack Management > Roles*.
* The `read` privilege allows you to assign tags to the saved objects for which you have write permission.
* The `write` privilege enables you to create, edit, and delete tags.

NOTE: Having the `Tag Management` {kib} privilege is not required to
view tags assigned on objects you have `read` access to, or to filter objects by tags
from the global search.


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=== Create a tag

Create a tag to assign to your saved objects.

. Open the main menu, and then click *Stack Management > Tags*.
. Click *Create tag*.

. Enter a name and select a color for the new tag.
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The name cannot be longer than 50 characters.
. Click *Create tag*.

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=== Assign a tag to an object

To assign and remove tags from saved objects, you must have `write` permission
on the objects to which you assign the tags.

. In the *Tags* view, find the tag you want to assign.
. Click the action menu (...) in the tag row,
and then select the *Manage assignments* action.

. Select the objects to which you want to assign or remove tags.
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image::images/tags/manage-assignments-flyout.png[Assign flyout]

. Click *Save tag assignments*.

TIP: To assign, delete, or clear multiple tags at once,
select their checkboxes in the *Tags* view, and then select
the desired action from the *selected tags* menu.

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=== Delete a tag

When you delete a tag, you remove it from all saved objects that use it.

. Click the action menu (...) in the tag row, and then select the *Delete* action.

. Click *Delete tag*.