Guide: Add or remove tags
This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/flow-steps/add-or-remove-tags
Topic: Flow steps
Time: about 2 minutes
Who can do it: Owner, Administrator or Manager
Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)
Start in the app: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/inbox
Result when done: The person carries tags you can check, filter and export.
Context: Tag adds or removes tags on the person as they go through the flow: "lead" after they give an email, "vip" after a purchase answer, "guide sent" after the link. Tags show on the person in People, and a Condition can check them later, in this flow or another.

Before you start:
1. One step can add and remove several tags.
2. A tag name is up to 40 characters.
3. It works anywhere in a flow, on both platforms.

Steps:
Step 1 of 3: Add Tag to your flow.
Where: Open the flow (Automation, then the flow's row). In the Steps panel on the left, under Do (scroll the panel down), drag Tag onto the canvas, or select the step it should follow and click Tag. On a phone: Add step at the top left of the canvas, then Tag under Do.
Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/inbox (Open the app)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-flow-palette-more.en.webp (The Steps panel: Tag, under Do.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-flow-palette-more-phone.en.webp (On a phone, Add step lists the same steps: Tag, under Do.)
You should see: The Tag card is on the canvas and its settings panel is open (a sheet on a phone).

Step 2 of 3: Add tags.
Where: Panel, Add tags: type a tag and press Enter. A name that looks like a typo of an existing tag is pointed out before a second tag is made.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-node-tag.en.webp (Add tags.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-node-tag-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: The card names the tags it adds.

Step 3 of 3: Remove tags, if needed.
Where: Panel, Remove tags: the tags to take off the person at this step.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-node-tag.en.webp (Remove tags.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/dm-node-tag-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: The card names the tags it removes.

If something is off:
Problem: Pick at least one tag to add or remove
Fix: An empty Tag step does nothing. Add a tag, or delete the step.
Problem: Two tags that mean the same
Fix: Rename one into the other in People, under Tags: the two merge, and the rename reaches every flow that names it.

Common questions:
Question: Where do tags show?
Answer: On the person in People, where you can also filter by them, and in every Condition under Tag.
Question: How long can a tag be?
Answer: Up to 40 characters.

Related guides:
- Set a field: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/flow-steps/set-a-field
- Check what you know about them: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/flow-conditions/check-what-you-know-about-them
- People and exports: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/keyword-automations/people-and-exports

Plain text of this guide: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/flow-steps/add-or-remove-tags.md
All guides for assistants: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/llms.txt