# Ghost Tag Folder Delete

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ghost-tag-folder-delete/59403>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ghost-tag-folder-delete/59403 "2022-05-10T13:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicholas.robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nicholas.robinson/32/22188_2.png) [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ghost-tag-folder-delete/59403/1 "2022-05-10T13:42:28Z")

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Is there anything that can make a folder of tags disappear other than deleting the tag folder manually?

I have a folder of pretty important tags that have gone missing this morning. I will be able to recover them from backup but unless someone has intentionally or unintentionally deleted them, I cannot quite grasp how they have gone missing.

Really here I’m looking to see if others have had such experiences.

Thanks,

Nick

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**Author:** ![Dean\_Walsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Dean\_Walsh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dean_Walsh)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ghost-tag-folder-delete/59403/2 "2022-05-10T15:57:17Z")

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You most likely already know this but incase it was your issue this dropdown dictates the folder of tags you are looking at and maybe you accidentally changed it from default which would cause all or most tags to vanish  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/d/3d24be37214fda32eb7b6cbdf492eb9de1ef1ddc.png)  
as you can see i changed from default to a new one and theres nothing inside

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**Author:** ![nicholas.robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nicholas.robinson/32/22188_2.png) [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ghost-tag-folder-delete/59403/3 "2022-05-10T16:32:05Z")

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All of my other tags were there, just one folder was gone.

I had a backup so I was able to recover quite quickly.

Nick