# Variant Tagging

A tag is a label (such as "Cancer" or "Investigate") which you can use to label and track variants in an analysis.

## Create tags

Menu: **[settings] -> [tags]**

![](images/variant_tagging/tag_settings_mytag.png)

## Tagging variants

In an analysis, click the ![Add icon](../images/icons/add-icon.png) in the "tags" column then auto-complete your tag.

![Adding a tag](images/variant_tagging/tag_analysis_add_tag.png)

To remove a tag - clicking on the tag. The tag will grow in size, and a ![delete symbol](../images/icons/delete-icon.png) will appear. Click it to remove the variant tag.

![Removing a tag](images/variant_tagging/tags_analysis_remove.png)

## Using tags

Click the ![tag icon](../images/icons/tags_colored.png) on the toolbar to view all Tags in an analysis ![](images/variant_tagging/all_tags.png)

To filter to specific tags - add a tag node, and use it like any other node to filter variants to just those that have been tagged.

![](images/variant_tagging/tag_analysis_filter.png)

You can view all tagged variants on a page, via menu: **[analysis] -> [Tagged Variants]]**