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title: Creating, editing and deleting Tags
description: "Tags are labels you can apply as annotations to a document to help organise and categorise key information, making future reviews easier.  ## Creating a tag 1. Open the matter and click **Setup**  2. Click **Tags** in the left hand…"
url: "https://ebriefready.legalready.ai/knowledge/how-do-i-create-tags-and-make-annotations/"
updated: "2026-08-14"
category: Annotations
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# Creating, editing and deleting Tags

Tags are labels you can apply as annotations to a document to help organise and categorise key information, making future reviews easier. 

## Creating a tag

1. Open the matter and click **Setup** 
2. Click **Tags** in the left hand menu
3. Click **New Tag** in the top right corner
4. Enter a name for the tag and select a colour 
5. Click **Create**

**Note**: You can also access the **Tag** settings menu by clicking the **Edit Matter** button of the matter while in the **Matters** view. 

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## You can view all the tags you have created and update their names and colours at any time.

1. Open the matter and click **Setup** 
2. Click **Tags** in the left hand menu
3. Click the **Edit Tag**buttonnext to the tag you want to update
4. Edit the tag name or select a different colour
5. Click **Update**

**Note:**Tags can be saved as part of a matter template so they are available automatically every time that template is used. See [***Creating a matter template*** f](https://ebriefready.legalready.ai/knowledge/matter-template/)or more detail. 

## Deleting a tag

1. Open the matter and click **Setup** 
2. Click **Tags** in the left hand menu
3. Click the **Cross**buttonnext to the tag you want to delete
4. Click **OK** to confirm delation

**Note**: Deleting a tag will remove it from all annotations it has been applied to across the matter.

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