# Managing tags with Tag Editor
After you [find resources](find-resources-to-tag.md) that you want to tag, you can add, remove, and edit the tags for some or all of your search results. Tag Editor shows you any tags that are attached to resources. It also shows you whether those tags were added in Tag Editor, by the resource's service console, or by using the API.
**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.
**Other ways to manage your tags**
This topic discusses tagging resources by using Tag Editor in the AWS Management Console. However, you can also manage the tags on your AWS resources by using the following tools:
You can type or script commands at your shell prompt by using the [`resourcegroupstaggingapi` commands](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cli/latest/reference/resourcegroupstaggingapi/index.html#cli-aws-resourcegroupstaggingapi) in the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
You can create and run PowerShell scripts by using the [AWS Resource Groups Tagging API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//powershell/latest/reference/items/ResourceGroupsTaggingAPI_cmdlets.html) in the AWS Tools for PowerShell Core.
You can create and run programs with any of the available [AWS SDKs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html#sdks) by using the [Resource groups tagging APIs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//resourcegroupstagging/latest/APIReference/), such as the [tagging APIs for Python](https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/resourcegroupstaggingapi.html) or the [tagging APIs for Java](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/ResourceGroupsTaggingAPI.html).
When you add, remove, or edit existing tags, you're changing tags only on those resources that you select in the results of your **Find resources to tag** query. You can select up to 500 resources on which to manage tags.
# 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](tagging-resources-view.md).
1. Open the [Tag Editor console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/resource-groups/tag-editor), and submit a query that returns multiple resources that you want to tag.
1. 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.
1. Select the check box for one or more resources, and then choose **Manage tags of the selected resources**.
1. 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**.
1. 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. AWS 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.
1. When you're finished adding tags, choose **Review and apply changes**.
1. If you accept the changes, choose **Apply changes to all selected**.
1. 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](troubleshooting-tags.md). 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](troubleshooting-tags.md#tagging-resources-retry).
# 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**](find-resources-to-tag.md) 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.
1. Choose **Manage tags of the selected resources**.
1. 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.
1. 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.
1. When you're finished changing tags, choose **Review and apply changes**.
1. If you accept the changes, choose **Apply changes to all selected**.
1. 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](troubleshooting-tags.md). 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](troubleshooting-tags.md#tagging-resources-retry).
# 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**](find-resources-to-tag.md) 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.
1. Choose **Manage tags of the selected resources**.
1. 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.
1. 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.
1. Choose **Review and apply changes**.
1. On the confirmation page, choose **Apply changes to all selected**.
1. 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](troubleshooting-tags.md). 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](troubleshooting-tags.md#tagging-resources-retry).