Bulk tag management in Shopify is essential for efficiently organizing large product catalogs and updating multiple items simultaneously, especially when running seasonal sales or managing inventory across different categories. Whether adding promotional tags like “Summer Sale” to hundreds of products or removing outdated tags from last season’s inventory, doing it in bulk saves significant time compared to updating tags individually.
You can edit Shopify product tags from the Shopify admin. The edits won’t be in bulk for all products, but at least you will have all products in one view and won’t have to load products one by one.
Here’s how to do it:
- Go to your Products view and select the products whose tags you want to edit.
- Click Bulk editor
- If you don’t have the Tags column loaded, select Columns and choose Tags.
- You can add, remove, or edit the tags by clicking the Tags field for each product.
Mixtable’s spreadsheet interface makes bulk edit tags in your Shopify store trivial. Here’s how:
- Set up a workbook and a worksheet to sync the data whose tags you’ll be editing. In the examples below, we are using a worksheet that syncs our store’s Products, so we’ll be editing Product tags.
- Right-click on the column header of a column that is not yet mapped to sync to a field. Such columns have a grey background, whereas columns that are set up for data syncing have a light green background. When you right-click, a context menu will appear. Select the Shopify Sync Settings option.
- In the window that opens, select the Standard Field radio button option. A drop-down menu will appear, prompting you to select the field you’d like to sync. Find and select the Tags field. Now, click on the Save button.
- You’ll now see the column populate with any existing tags for your products.
- Now, find the product whose tags you want to modify. You can set tags directly or use Excel-style formulas. If your product has multiple tags, you must separate those with a comma (e.g., “tag1, tag2”), as that is how Shopify stores tag information.
- To replicate the tags of one product to others, copy and paste the relevant cell.
Bulk editing tags is fast and convenient by directly modifying cells that display a product, order, or customer’s tags. But if you simply need to add a tag, the fastest way is with the Bulk Add Tags feature. This feature is only available for worksheets that sync product, order, and customer information (as only this data in Shopify has tags). You’ll also need to have the Tags field mapped to a column.
You activate the Bulk Add Tags feature by clicking its toolbar button. In the dialog that opens, you’ll see a few inputs:
- Tags operation - this will be set to “Add Tag” by default, but you can change it to “Remove Tag” if you’ve changed your mind
- Tag values - here, you enter one or more tags that you want to add. After entering each tag’s value, press Enter
- Preview first 10 rows - if enabled, this will preview the tag addition on the first 10 visible rows in the active worksheet. This way you can preview what the output will be before you make it real.
If you need to delete tags in Shopify, the fastest way is with the Bulk Remove Tags feature. This feature is only available for worksheets that sync product, order, and customer information (as only this data in Shopify has tags). You’ll also need to have the Tags field mapped to a column.
You activate the Bulk Remove Tags feature by clicking its toolbar button. In the dialog that opens, you’ll see a few inputs:
- Tags operation - this will be set to “Remove Tag” by default, but you can change it to “Add Tag” if you’ve changed your mind
- Tag values - here, you enter one or more tags that you want to remove. After entering each tag’s value press Enter
- Preview first 10 rows - if enabled this will preview the tag removal on the first 10 visible rows in the active worksheet. This way you can preview what the output will be before you make it real.
