How to delete a tag

To delete tags, you can either:

• If a tag is not attached to any assets, you can delete the tag right away.
• If a tag is attached to assets, you will need to remove the tag from the tagged assets first and then you can delete it.

Delete a tag

To delete a tag without linked assets:

1. From the left menu of any screen, click Governance.
2. Under the Governance heading, click Tags.
3. (Optional) Under Tags, click the funnel icon to filter your tags by source:
   • Click Atlan to filter for tags created in Atlan and not synced to any external sources.
   • Click Snowflake to filter for tags imported from Snowflake.
   • Click dbt to filter for tags imported from dbt.
4. Under the left Tags menu, select a tag to delete. (The total count of linked assets will be displayed as zero if there are no linked assets.)
5. From the top right, click the trash can icon to delete the tag.
6. In the Delete tag dialog, click Delete to confirm deletion.

Delete a tag with linked assets

To delete a tag with linked assets:

1. From the left menu of any screen, click Governance.
2. Under the Governance heading, click Tags.
3. (Optional) Under Tags, click the funnel icon to filter your tags by source:
   • Click Atlan to filter for tags created in Atlan and not synced to any external sources.
   • Click Snowflake to filter for tags imported from Snowflake.
   • Click dbt to filter for tags imported from dbt.
4. Under the Tags menu, select a tag to delete.
5. Under the tag name, click the Linked assets tab to navigate to the linked assets.
6. To remove the tag from the linked assets, you can either:
   • Click a linked asset to open the asset sidebar, and then under Tags in the sidebar, click the pencil icon to edit the tag. Uncheck the tag box and then click Save. Repeat the steps for each tagged asset.
   • Create a playbook to remove the tag from tagged assets at scale.
7. Once the tag has been removed from all the linked assets, from the top right, click the trash can icon to delete the tag.
8. In the Delete tag dialog, click Delete to confirm.