# Tags

> Tags are labels that cut across spaces, and a capture can have many.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/tags
- Section: Organize
- Works on: Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Tag: `T` on Mac
- All tags: `⌘4` on Mac

## Add tags

Tags ignore case and a leading #, so “#Design” and “design” are the same tag.

On Mac:

1. Select one or more captures and press `T`. Or right-click a capture and choose **Add tags**, or use **Tags** in the inspector.
2. Type to search your tags, or type a new name to create one.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. Open a capture and tap **Tags**. For several, select them and tap **Tag** on the bulk bar.
2. Search in **Search or create tags**, or tap **New tag “name”** to make one.

## Filter by tag

On Mac:

1. Click **Tags** in the sidebar, or press `⌘4`.
2. Click one or more tags. Each shows how many captures use it.
3. In search, you can also type “#name”.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. Open the library's Filters sheet and pick tags in the **Tags** section.
2. Or search on the Places page.

Video: [The Tags popover with design, app-screens and apple picked, and the library showing the four matching captures.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-tags.mp4)

Picking several tags shows captures that have any of them, not only captures that have all of them.

## Rename or delete a tag

On Mac:

1. Click **Tags** in the sidebar, then right-click a tag.
2. Choose **Rename tag** or **Delete tag**.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. Go to **Settings → Tags**.
2. Tap a tag to rename it, or long-press it for **Rename** and **Delete**.

A rename updates every capture with that tag. Deleting removes the tag from every capture, and you can undo it right after.

## Questions

### I picked two tags and see more captures, not fewer.

Tag filters show captures that have any of the tags you picked.

### Why didn't my rename work?

Another tag already has that name. Tags can't be merged.

### Can I undo deleting a tag?

Yes, with Undo on the message that shows right after.

## More guides

- Previous: [Spaces and areas](https://resurf.so/guides/spaces.md)
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- [Inbox](https://resurf.so/guides/inbox.md): New captures wait here until you file them, put them off, archive them, or delete them.
- [Later and reminders](https://resurf.so/guides/later.md): Put a capture off until a time you pick. It comes back to the top of the Inbox.
- [Spaces and areas](https://resurf.so/guides/spaces.md): A space is a named collection of captures, and an area groups spaces together.
- [Stacks and posts](https://resurf.so/guides/stacks.md): A stack is a small pile of two or more captures, shown as one tile.
- [Starred](https://resurf.so/guides/starred.md): Pin a capture to star it, so it stays one click away under Starred.
- [Authors](https://resurf.so/guides/authors.md): Attach the people behind a capture, which is most useful for quotes.
- [Edit a capture's details](https://resurf.so/guides/capture-details.md): The inspector beside a capture edits its title, note, spaces, tags and authors, and shows its details.
- [Work with a selection](https://resurf.so/guides/bulk-actions.md): Select several captures, then pin, file, tag, stack, copy or delete them together.
- [Trash](https://resurf.so/guides/trash.md): Deleted captures wait in the Trash for 30 days, then they're deleted for good.
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