Tags

Tags are free-form labels you assign to your notes to classify them by topic. Unlike notebooks — which say where a note lives — tags cut across your whole base: a note can sit in a single notebook and, at the same time, carry several tags. This page shows what tags are, how to apply them, how to browse them by typing "#" in the search box, and how to rename or delete a tag.

What tags are

A tag is a free-form text label you create to mark a note's topic. Instead of imposing a rigid structure, tags let you describe notes by the subjects they touch — and the same subject can show up in notes from different notebooks.

• They are free-form: you make up whatever label fits the way you organize.
• They are cross-cutting: they span notebooks, gathering notes scattered across distinct groups.
• They are cumulative: a single note can have several tags at once.

Applying tags to a note

You can add as many tags as you want to a note; just type the label you want.

1. 1Open the note you want to classify.
2. 2In the note's tag field, type the tag name — for example, a topic or context.
3. 3Confirm to apply it; repeat to add more tags to the same note.
4. 4To remove one, just delete the tag you no longer want on the note.

Browse tags with "#"

Your tags are always one keystroke away: typing "#" in the search box at the top of the notes list replaces the results with the list of all tags in use, each with the number of notes that carry it.

1. 1Click the search box and type "#".
2. 2Keep typing after the "#" to filter the tag list by name.
3. 3Click a tag (or press Enter to open the first match) — its page opens with every note that carries it.
4. 4Press Esc to leave the tag list and clear the box.

Tag page

Each tag works as a view of its topic: when you open it, you see at once every note that carries it, regardless of the notebook they are in.

1. 1Open the tag from the "#" list, or click a tag wherever it appears — on a note or in the list.
2. 2A list opens with every note that has that tag.
3. 3Use this list as a "view" of the topic, gathering in one place what was scattered across notebooks.

Rename or delete a tag

Tag maintenance lives in the same "#" list: hovering a tag row reveals its actions.

1. 1Type "#" in the search box to open the tag list.
2. 2Hover the tag and use "Rename tag" to change its label — the change applies to every note that carries it.
3. 3Use "Delete tag" to remove the label: after confirming, the tag disappears from the notes, but the notes themselves are kept.

Searching by tag

Besides the tag page, tags are also a search criterion: the "By tag" field in the advanced search panel, or the tag: operator typed directly in the search box, filter notes that carry a given tag — and can be combined with text criteria.

Notebooks and tags, together

Notebooks and tags solve different problems and complement each other. The notebook answers "where is this note stored?"; the tag answers "what subjects does this note talk about?".

Notebook

Where the note lives. Each note belongs to a single notebook at a time.

Tag

The note's cross-cutting subjects. A note can have several, and they span notebooks.

Tags and subnotes