Edit tags of selected resources - Tagging Amazon Resources and Tag Editor
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Edit tags of selected resources

You can use Tag Editor to change existing tag values on selected resources that are in the results of your Find resources to tag query. Editing a tag changes the tag's value on all selected resources that have the same tag key. You can't rename a tag key, but you can delete a tag and create a tag with a new name to replace the original tag key. This deletes all tags with that key on selected resources.

Important

Do not store personally identifiable information (PII) or other confidential or sensitive information in tags. We use tags to provide you with billing and administration services. Tags are not intended to be used for private or sensitive data.

  1. In the results of your Find resources to tag query, select the check boxes next to the resources for which you want to change existing tags. Enter a text string in Filter resources to filter for part of a resource's name or ID. In the Tags column, note that resources in the results already have tags applied to them.

  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 resource that you selected. Although your original query might have returned more resources, you are changing tags for only those resources that you selected in step 1.

  4. Change, add, or delete tag values. Existing tags must have a tag key, but tag values are optional.

    In this procedure, we change the value of the Team tag to QA.

    If resources in your selection have different values for the same key, Selected resources have different tag values is displayed in the Tag value field. In this case, placing your cursor in the box opens a dropdown list of all available values for this tag key in your selected resources.

    If resources in your selection have the tag value you want, the tag value is highlighted as you type it. For example, if resources in your selection already have the tag value QA, the value is highlighted as you type Q. The values in the dropdown list help keep tag values consistent across resources. The tag value is changed on all selected resources. In this example, the tag value is changed to QA for all selected resources that had a Team tag key. For selected resources that don't have the Team tag, the Team tag with the value QA is added.

  5. When you're finished changing tags, choose Review and apply changes.

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

  7. Depending on the number of resources you selected, editing 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.