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title: "Delete a tag collection"
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updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:26Z
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# Delete a tag collection

If you no longer want or need a tag collection that you have created then you may wish to delete it.

1. Go to *Quick-access > Appearance > Manage tags.*
2. Click the cross icon (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/thin_cross.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T17%3A23%3A18Z&se=2026-11-01T18%3A23%3A18Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=u1bCXrwcKkPZupfGoRjslpJLXepQVFvaBOQmLEBSxDU%3D)) next to the collection you wish to delete.
3. Click **Yes** on the confirmation window.

The collection will then be permanently deleted from the site. Any tags in the deleted tag collection will be merged into the default tag collection.

You cannot delete the **Default collection** or **Hashtag** collection.

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