Add tags to selected resources - Tagging Amazon Resources and Tag Editor
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Add tags to selected resources

You can use Tag Editor to add tags to selected resources that are in the results of your Find resources to tag query.

Note

This topic describes how to bulk edit the tags for multiple resources. You can also edit the tag values for an individual resource. For more information, see View and edit existing tags for a selected resource.

  1. Open the Tag Editor console, and submit a query that returns multiple resources that you want to tag.

  2. In the results table of your Find resources to tag query, select the check boxes next to the resources that you want to add tags to. Enter a text string in Filter resources at the top of the table to filter for part of a resource's name, ID, tag keys, or tag values. In the Tags column, note that resources in the results already have tags applied to them.

  3. Select the check box for one or more resources, and then choose Manage tags of the selected resources.

  4. On the Manage tags page, view the tags on the resources that you selected. Although your original query returned more resources, you're adding tags to only those resources that you selected in step 1. Choose Add tag.

  5. Enter a tag key and an optional tag value. For this procedure, you'll add the tag key Team and the tag value Development.

    Note

    A resource can have a maximum of 50 user-applied tags. You might not be able to add new tags to a resource if you're approaching 50 user-applied tags. Amazon generated tags don't apply to the 50-tag limit. Tag keys must also be unique within your selected resources. You can't add a new tag with a key that matches a tag key that already exists in your selected resources.

  6. When you're finished adding tags, choose Review and apply changes.

  7. If you accept the changes, choose Apply changes to all selected.

  8. Depending on the number of resources you select, applying new tags can take a few minutes. Don't leave the page or open a different page in the same browser tab. If changes were successful, a green success banner is displayed at the top of the page. Wait for a success or failure banner to appear on the page before you continue.

    If tag changes to some or all resources were not successful, see Troubleshooting tag changes. After you resolve the unsuccessful tag changes (such as insufficient permissions), you can retry the tag changes on resources for which tag changes failed. For more information, see Retry failed tag changes.