---
title: Tagging documents
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k8/managing-website-content/working-with-documents-and-pages/categorizing-documents.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k8/managing-website-content/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-tags.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k8/managing-website-content/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-tags/allowing-users-to-tag-documents-on-the-form-tab.md
---

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Tagging is useful when you want to differentiate documents with the use of key words, called tags. Tags are associated with documents and are a convenient way of classifying documents based on various criteria, such as interests. Thanks to tags, site visitors can view different documents with the same tags or view similar documents to the one they just read. For example, a site visitor could want to view documents related to _wind surfing_ after reading an article about Sydney.

![Tags displayed on a page](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k8/tagging-documents/tag_cloud_displaying_tags.png "Tags displayed on a page")

_**Tags displayed on a page**_

Depending on how your administrator configured the system, you can tag documents in the two following ways:

- [On the Properties tab](#tagging-documents-using-properties)
- [On the Form tab](#tagging-documents-on-the-form-tab)

# Tagging documents using Properties

If the system administrator granted you access to the **Properties -> Metadata** tab, you can use it to tag documents. Otherwise, you may want to use the [Form tab](#tagging-documents-on-the-form-tab) for tagging documents.

To tag documents using the Properties tab:

1. Open the **Pages** application.
2. Select the document that you want to tag.
3. Switch to the **Properties -> Metadata** tab.
4. Choose a tag group using the **Page tag group** drop-down list. If you check the **Inherit** check-box, the document inherits the parent document's tag group.
5. Enter the tags in the **Page tags** field or use the **Select** button to choose tags from the currently chosen **Page tag group** and click on **OK**.
   1. Typing a tag that isn't under the selected **Page tag group** assigns it to the tag group.

![Tagging a document](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k8/tagging-documents/tagging_document.png "Tagging a document")

6. **Save** the changes.

The system attaches the tags to the document.

# Tagging documents on the Form tab

To tag documents on the Form tab:

1. Open the **Pages** application.
2. Select the document that you want to tag.
3. Switch to the **Form** tab.
4. Enter the tags in the appropriate field or use the **Select** button to choose from a list of tags used before and click on **OK**. \
   **Note** that the field may not be named _Document tags_ in your system. The name of the field may differ based on how your administrator configured the system.

   ![Tagging a document on the Form tab](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k8/tagging-documents/tagging_document_form_tab.png "Tagging a document on the Form tab")
5. **Save** the changes.

The system attaches the tags to the document.