# How do I remove a Tag from a Stack? **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [March 17, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775 "2020-03-17T14:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/1 "2020-03-17T14:39:27Z")
I tagged a few stacks by accident. How do I remove the tags? Right click does not work. ![27%20AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/2/6/261ed0df9ab2f5555961ec3155bba21d1af1a9fa.png) ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/2 "2020-03-17T15:03:12Z")
I believe those are set by the developer and can not be modified. ---
**Author:** ![joeworkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joeworkman/32/23780_2.png) [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/3 "2020-03-17T15:19:43Z")
@zeebe is correct. ---
**Author:** ![danhmill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/danhmill/32/16705_2.png) [@danhmill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/danhmill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/4 "2020-03-17T15:34:24Z")
Joe and Robert are correct, they are much more knowledgeable than I, the tags are set by the developer. While those same developers may frown on this 🙂 I believe they are editable (or used to be). Forgive me as it’s been a while and I’m away from a computer at the moment…but I’ve edited these in the past by viewing contents of the stack file in finder and editing a pref file. I’ll take a look in a bit and post here. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/5 "2020-03-17T15:46:17Z")
Thanks all. I think that the tagged stacks are tagged by the developer, but they don’t appear in the tagged group until I click on the “Tag” in the stack info box. So I guess my question is; how do I remove them from the “Tagged” stacks group? I tagged another stack, now the others disappeared and others are now tagged in the tagged folder. OK, so it’s not making any sense to me. ![46%20AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/3/f395ec23f62b5c1585e0ada38adb4a4e7884aaea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![danhmill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/danhmill/32/16705_2.png) [@danhmill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/danhmill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/6 "2020-03-17T16:01:36Z")
Oops I must have misunderstood…my post was regarding changing the actual tag. ---
**Author:** ![jenkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jenkman/32/5003_2.png) [@jenkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jenkman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/7 "2020-03-17T16:32:28Z")
Okay, you clicked on a “tag” in the stack discription when you have a particular stack selected. This created a Tag group automatically. (first time I have seen this feature, BTW) You should be able to delete that group, but it is greyed out. That is an @isaiah question… If you restart RW this group goes away! ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/8 "2020-03-17T17:51:16Z")
Yes. Restarting RW and the tagged group goes away. So it’s confirmed that it doesn’t make any sense! ---
**Author:** ![danhmill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/danhmill/32/16705_2.png) [@danhmill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/danhmill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/9 "2020-03-17T20:09:02Z")
Just for anyone who’s interested here is what I mentioned earlier (albeit not what the OP is looking for, a bit tedious, and perhaps no longer needed with recent grouping improvements within stacks 4). One can edit or add any number of tags they wish in the actual stack by: 1. right clicking on stack - show in finder 2. right click on the actual stack file - show package contents 3. open the info.plist file 4. edit tags there…I think they generally fall under and `` tag but that can vary…regardless it’s easy to find the tags. 5. edit as you wish and save the .plist file. Changes will appear upon rapidweaver launch. Attached is an example with FlatButton 2 ![One](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/e/d/ed5a6a4e6fa60fc057ba1cedfa03e798d8385eb8.png) ![Two](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/b/bb62009e5a850014201f251f9b3d0bfea3c48880.png) ![Three](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/2/2/221cd4d31128e64f97f6afed01dd950f90b959b7.png) ![Four](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/b/6b64601ccb57108be42eb6ff504b761fb6750a3f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Elixir](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/elixir/32/25498_2.png) [@Elixir](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Elixir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/10 "2020-03-17T20:15:45Z")
It is OK to do this if you really want to… though I would not recommend it because when a stack gets updated that tag will go away as the whole stack gets replaced during an update. So in your example, if I push out an update for Flat Button 2, that tag will go away and you’ll be back to Buttons, Responsive, Link and Layout tags only. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/11 "2020-03-17T20:22:53Z")
That is not what I want. I would like an explanation as to how adding a stack into the temporary tagged folder is beneficial, and what the purpose of the tagged group is if it only stays for one session (quit and restart RW and it is gone). ---
**Author:** ![danhmill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/danhmill/32/16705_2.png) [@danhmill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/danhmill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/12 "2020-03-17T20:28:08Z")
@Elixir is correct and raises a good point. I still think that Stacks 4 offers some powerful tag and grouping capabilities that should work well for most of us. @bruce great question. Perhaps someone can chime in with the logic/reasoning or note it as a bug. I’m unsure of the answer unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/13 "2020-03-23T08:39:18Z")
> [@bruce](#): > > That is not what I want. I would like an explanation as to how adding a stack into the temporary tagged folder is beneficial, and what the purpose of the tagged group is if it only stays for one session (quit and restart RW and it is gone). clicking on a tag doesn’t add/change/modify anything, it just gives you a view of all of the items in your library that share that tag. it’s just like searching for a specific tag, but there’s no typing required – and this is a very narrow search, limited to just tags, whereas the normal search bar searches through titles, subtitles, tags, descriptions, etc. ### why was this feature added? when i added it, i guess it was mostly a “why not” feature. it was very easy to add, required no extra UI work (tag items and tag groups are built in UI to macOS), and most importantly, it didn’t add any complexity to Stacks, that is it didn’t make anything else harder to use. ### what do i personally use this feature for? often a developer will add a specific tag to a group of stacks – like `Foundation` or `Foundry`. often i’d like to create a permanent folder of these stacks, or more often, just a few of them. i could scroll around and hunt for them. or just type in a search phrase to find them, but if i have one of those stacks already selected then it’s a just a single click and, boom, you instantly find them all. from there it’s easy to select the few that i need drag them to a permanent folder. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruce/32/23155_2.png) [@bruce](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/14 "2020-03-25T17:16:09Z")
@isaiah, thanks for the clarification. Now I see how “tags” work. I can see them being useful for some. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-tag-from-a-stack/31775/15 "2020-04-25T03:16:20Z")
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