Upgrade StorageHow to delete tags in bulk?
There are a large number of tabs on the current tab bar, and it would be very troublesome for me to delete them one by one. Is there a way to delete the tabs in bulk? (I couldn't find the answer in the user manual ).
Looking forward to the answer, thank you!
Looking forward to the answer, thank you!
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I think I've worked out how to remove all tags from your library by combining advice from various threads without needing to use code;
1. If you have tags you want to keep, create a new collection (e.g. I named mine 'Saving coloured tags' < create a new folder for each tag you want to keep < copy all references with that tag into their specific folder.
2. Install the Zutilo plugin; https://github.com/wshanks/Zutilo (full installation instructions are on the webpage if you scroll down)
3. As is_PengLu has said at https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/406821#Comment_406821 , "After installation of Zutilo, go to Tools < Zutilo Preference < User Interface < Remove tags [second option down] --> deselect 'hide' and select 'Zutilo context menu' so that 'Remove tags' will display when you right click an item
4. OPTIONAL: on the zutilo preferences menu (Tools < Zutilo preferences) click on the 'Shortcuts' tab on the top, scroll down to find 'Remove tags', select it, and enter a keyboard shortcut (I did Shift+R): this will enable you to remove all tags for the selected item(s) by pressing Shift+R
5. Go back to the main zotero window and select 'My Library' (Brown folder). Click Command+A to select all items, then Shift+R (or right click < Zutilo < Remove all tags) to remove all tags in your library
6. Reinstate the tags you saved by going back to that new collection you made in step 1 ('saving coloured tags') and add back the tags to each reference in those subfolders. You can quickly add the same tag back to a list of items by draging a set of items to a tag in the tag selector on the left (as per https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/64065/tagging-multiple-items-at-once)
This seems to have worked for me at removing the hundreds of useless tags imported from EndNote and has synced across my desktop and laptop fine. Hope that helps!
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Also ensure you've deselected 'autogenerate tags' to stop new tags being generated that you don't want. Instructions on how to do this are at the bottom of https://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags (briefly; Edit < Preferences < General < Miscellaneous < deselect 'automatically tag items with keywords and subject headings' )
Install Actions & Tags Plugin, https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags.
Go to the main Zotero Meny and open:
Zotero / Preferences / Actions & Tags / Actions / Add a new action (+ button)
Edit selected action (3rd button)
In the Edit Action window:
Name: Delete tags, Event: None (or Open File), Operation : Script,
Menu Label: Delete tags
Tick all boxes, Enabled etc.
Open the Data field window for editing paste and save:
// Delete tags, based on Replace tags @author windingwind
(async () => {
let targetItems = items || (item ? [item] : []);
Zotero.alert(null, "Delete all tags");
for (const currentItem of targetItems) {
const tags = currentItem.getTags().map(tag => tag.tag)
for (const tag of tags) {
currentItem.removeTag(tag)
}
}
})();
Select all items in MyLibrary, Cmd-A (mac) or Ctrl-A (windows)
Then open items Menu / Target Action / Delete items