A way to delete a tag from all files that contain it?

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What I’m trying to do

I am trying to delete a tag from all files that contain it. Does anybody know how to do this?

I am running Obsidian 0.12.12 on macOS 11.5.2

Things I have tried

I have tried using TagWrangler, and although I can use it to rename tags, I don’t see a way to delete them.

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You could use a program such as VSC or Atom to run a global search for #tag in your vault and replace with nothing.

Useful to make a backup in Finder before making major changes to a whole vault.

Angel

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There is a third party plugin called Find and Replace in Selection, but I think it only does one note at a time.

Using your tagwrangler, can you leave the replacement text as blank? Replace “#tag” with “”.

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Thanks for the suggestion, @anon12638239, I’ll have a look at Atom.

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Hi @Obsidandnancy, Tag Wrangler doesn’t allow renaming tags to nothing ("").

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Try this grepWin - Stefans Tools

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Thanks for the suggestion, @Flexit. I neglected to mention (and have now edited my post) that I am running macOS.

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Saw that the dev that wrote tag wrangler has no intention on adding a Delete tag function:

“(I’ve considered adding tag deletion as well, but given that it’s a destructive operation with no undo, well… seems better to do it with an interactive search and replace, or to just merge the tag into another tag – i.e. rename it to the same as an existing tag. This will “delete” the old name from the tag pane, at any rate.)”

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Other threads recommending VS Code, looks like there is a Mac version.

Another reply recommending Notepad++, but not sure there is a mac version.

Also, I noticed there is an Obsidian third party plugin for Tag Wrangler. Good to know.

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Thank you for these suggestions, @Obsidandnancy, I will find something that will do a search and replace.

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