> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bowerlabs.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tags

> Add tags to notes and collections for flexible, cross-cutting organisation.

Tags let you label artifacts and collections with terms that make sense to you — sample type, experiment phase, priority, reagent, whatever fits your workflow. Am artifact can have multiple tags, and tags work across collections.

## Adding tags

1. Open an artifact or collection.
2. Click **Add tag...** below the toolbar.
3. Type to search existing tags or create a new one.
4. Press Enter or click the tag to add it.

You can also select from your recent tags — Bower remembers what you've used before and shows the most common ones first.

## Creating new tags

Type any name into the tag input. If it doesn't exist yet, you'll see a **Create** option at the bottom. Click it to create and apply the tag in one step.

All tags are custom — there are no pre-defined categories. Use whatever terminology makes sense for your lab.

## Removing tags

Hover over a tag and click the **x** to remove it from that note or collection. Removing a tag from one item doesn't affect other items with the same tag.

## Where tags appear

Tags are visible on notes and collections in the detail view, below the toolbar. When you have many tags, Bower shows the first few with a "+N more" button to expand.

Tags are also tracked in [audit logs](/trust-centre/audit-logs) — you can see when tags were added or removed.

## Tips for using tags effectively

* **Be consistent** — pick a convention and stick with it. "pH-test" and "pH test" are different tags.
* **Use tags for cross-cutting concerns** — things that span multiple collections. For example, tag all notes related to a specific reagent regardless of which experiment they belong to.
* **Combine with search** — tags are indexed, so you can search for tagged notes using Bird or the search bar.