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title: How to edit title and tags
tags: en
---

Although you can start writing as soon as you create the note, it is recommended that you give the note a title to make it easier to find in the future.

# Add or edit the title

To add or edit the note title, just click on the title on the navigation bar.


Or you can click on the "i" icon, which brings up "Note settings".


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:bulb: The default title is "Untitled" and HackMD will automatically use the first 30 characters as the title, which might remind you what the note is about.
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# Add or remove tags

## Add tags

Click the tag icon to bring up the tag menu.


Or, click on the "i" icon on the navigation bar, which brings up Note settings.


The tags in the notes in this workspace are ready to be applied. Add them by clicking on the tag (again to remove).

You may want to drag a tag to change its order.

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:bulb: Hold <kbd>Cmd</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> to select or remove multiple tags.
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When there is no tag in the workspace, then there may be no ready tag in the menu.

If you'd like to create new tags, just type anything and press <kbd>Enter</kbd>/<kbd>Return</kbd> to create a tag



Press <kbd>Esc</kbd> or click other areas of the editor to exit the tag menu.

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HackMD supports spaces, dash, and emoji in tags.


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## Remove tags

Click the 'x' to remove tags. Removing tags removes them from the current note and does not affect other notes with the same tags.


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Press <kbd>Backspace</kbd> to remove the last tag.

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## Show or hide tags in View mode

1. Open Note settings here

2. Turn on "Show tags in view mode"

3. Tags are shown in View mode