---
title: "Create a tag"
description: "Create a tag in MyAccount, with the naming rules, edit its name or description, and delete it from the account."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "account"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-tag/"
topic: ["projects-and-tags"]
---

# Create a tag

A tag is a short label you create, such as `production` or `team-alpha`, so you can group and find
resources by what they are for. You create it once in a project, then attach it to any resource
there that offers tags.

## Before you begin

Switch to the project you want the tag in. A tag belongs to one project, and
**Tags Management** shows only the tags of the project you are in. To switch, pick the project from
the list in the header; see [Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/).

## Open Tags Management

In the sidebar, open **Settings**, then **Tags**. The **Tags Management** page lists the
project's tags, with **Tag name** and **Description** columns, and **Actions** for anyone with
permission to update or delete a tag. **Search Tags** filters the list by name. The list shows ten
tags at a time.

## Create a tag

1. Click **Create new Tag**.
2. In **Tag Name**, enter a name. It is required, up to 30 characters, and must be different from
   every other tag name in the project. MyAccount refuses a name of only spaces.
3. (Optional) In **Description**, enter up to 256 characters. A description can repeat another
   tag's description.
4. Click **Create**.

MyAccount confirms that the tag was created, naming it in the message, and the tag appears in
the list.

If the name breaks a rule, MyAccount says which one:

- **Only spaces is not allowed**: the name has only spaces. Enter a name with other characters.
- **Tag Name is required.**: the name is empty. Enter a name.
- **Label name must be unique!**: another tag in the project already has this name. Choose a
  different one.

Creating a tag does not attach it to any resource. To put it on a node, a volume, or
another resource, attach it from that resource's own list page; see
[Tag a resource](/myaccount/account/how-to/tag-a-resource/).

## Edit a tag

1. On the tag's row, click the three dots, then **Edit**. The same form opens, with **Update** in
   place of **Create**.
2. Change the name, the description, or both.
3. Click **Update**.

MyAccount confirms that the tag's details were updated.

## Delete a tag

1. On the tag's row, click the three dots, then **Delete**.
2. MyAccount asks you to confirm, naming the tag. Confirm the delete.

MyAccount confirms that the tag was deleted, naming it in the message. Deleting a tag removes it
from every resource that carried it, and the resources themselves stay as they are.