How to remove a tag

Atlan allows you to remove tags from a tagged asset. To remove a tag, you will first need to identify the origin of the tag:

• Directly added to an asset
• Propagated to an asset through tag propagation

Remove a direct tag

To remove a direct tag:

1. In the left menu from any screen in Atlan, click Assets.
2. On the Assets page, select a tagged asset — in this example, we'll select the ORDERS table with the Marketing Analysis tag.
3. Under Tags in the right menu, hover over the attached tag to view details. In the metadata popover, Linked by indicates that the tag was directly added to the asset. Click the pencil icon to edit the tag.
4. In the popup, next to the tag name, uncheck the box to remove the tag — this will also remove the tag from all the assets to which it was propagated.
5. Click Save to confirm tag removal.

Remove a propagated tag

To remove a propagated tag:

1. In the left menu from any screen in Atlan, click Assets.
2. On the Assets page, select a tagged asset — in this example, we'll select the AUTHORS column with the Publications Department tag.
3. Under Tags in the right menu, you can either:
   • Hover over the attached tag to view details. In the metadata popover, Propagated from indicates that the tag was propagated to the asset. From the popover, click the originating asset to reconfigure tag propagation — in this example, the Book_rating table.
   • Click the pencil icon and then click the Propagated tab to view information about tags propagated via upstream assets. From the Propagated tab, click the originating asset to reconfigure tag propagation — in this example, the Book_rating table.
4. From the corresponding screen, under Tags in the right menu for the originating asset, click the pencil icon to edit the tag.
5. In the popup, next to the tag name, click Edit:
   
   • To remove the tag from downstream assets only, from the Propagation dialog, click Hierarchy only (no lineage).
   • To remove the tag from propagated assets only and not the originating asset, from the Propagation dialog, click No propagation.
6. Click Update to save your changes.
7. Click Save to confirm tag removal.

Note that it may take some time for the tag to be removed from all the assets it was propagated to.