Use tags in Notes on Mac

1. In the Notes app on your Mac, open a note or create a new note.

2. Type the number sign (#), then type a word — for example, #meeting or #important — or choose from the list of suggested tags. (Suggested tags appear if you’ve already added tags in Notes or Reminders.)

   You can type the tag anywhere in a note. Tags must be a single word, but you can use hyphens and underscores (for example, #meeting-minutes or #important_documents).

3. Click OK.

   Tags you add appear in the Tag Browser at the bottom of the sidebar.

If you add a tag to a shared note, it appears as dimmed text to other participants who don’t have the tag in their Tag Browser. They can Control-click the tag, then choose Add to Tags.

In the Notes app on your Mac, do one of the following:

• To see a list of notes that contain a tag, click the tag in the Tag Browser at the bottom of the sidebar. Click the tag a second time to exclude notes that include that tag from the results.

• To see a list of notes that contain multiple tags, click all of those tags in the sidebar. Choose whether to show notes containing all selected tags or notes containing any of the selected tags at the top of the Tag Browser.

1. In the Notes app on your Mac, Control-click a tag.

2. Select Rename Tag, then click Rename to confirm. The tag is updated in all notes and Smart Folders that use it.

   Tip: You can rename a tag to a name that’s already in your Tag Browser. This can be useful if you want to group together notes that have similar tags, such as #house and #home.

If you rename a tag in a shared note, it appears as dimmed text to other participants who don’t have the tag in their Tag Browser. They can Control-click the tag, then choose Add to Tags.

In the Notes app on your Mac, do one of the following:

• Delete a tag: Control-click a tag in the Tag Browser, choose Delete Tag, then click Delete to confirm.

  The tag is deleted from all notes and Smart Folders that use it.

  Note: If you have a Smart Folder that only contains the tag you want to delete, you are asked if you want to delete the Smart Folder.

• Delete multiple tags: In the Tag Browser, select the tags you want to delete. Control-click a selected tag, choose Delete Tags, then click Delete to confirm.

  The tags are deleted from all notes and Smart Folders that use them.

• Change a tag to plain text: Control-click a tag within a note, then choose Convert to Text.

  Note: If you convert a tag to text in a shared note, it becomes plain text for all participants.

If you remove a tag from all the notes that use it, it is removed from your Tag Browser.