Remove tags from selected resources - Tagging Amazon Resources and Tag Editor
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Remove tags from selected resources

You can use Tag Editor to remove tags from selected resources that are in the results of your Find resources to tag query. Removing a tag deletes the tag from all selected resources that have the tag. Because you can't edit tag keys, you can remove tags and replace them with new tags if you need to edit a tag key. This deletes all tags with that key on selected resources.

  1. In the results of your Find resources to tag query, select the check boxes next to the resources you want to remove tags from. Enter a text string in Filter resources to filter for part of a resource's name or ID.

  2. Choose Manage tags of the selected resources.

  3. On the Manage tags page, in Edit tags of selected resources, view the tags on the resources that you selected. Although your original query might have returned more resources, you're changing tags for only those resources that you selected in step 1.

  4. Choose Remove tag next to any tags that you want to delete. In this procedure, we remove the Team tag.

    Note

    Choosing Remove tag removes a tag from all selected resources that have the tag.

  5. Choose Review and apply changes.

  6. On the confirmation page, choose Apply changes to all selected.

  7. Depending on the number of resources you selected, removing 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 root causes of unsuccessful tag changes (such as insufficient permissions), you can retry tag changes on resources for which tag changes failed. For more information, see Retry failed tag changes.