# How do I add a tag in 8.1 scripting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting, ignition80\
**Created:** [December 3, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182 "2020-12-03T17:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182/1 "2020-12-03T17:45:22Z")

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There was a function in 7.8.5 but there isn’t one in the docs for 8.1.Thx, jake

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182/2 "2020-12-03T17:46:25Z")

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I think you missed this:

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.deleteTags](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.deleteTags)

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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182/3 "2020-12-03T18:15:45Z")

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ah, I’ve been using [Scripting Functions](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Scripting+Functions)  
guess I’ll need to just search directly

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**Author:** ![codersmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182/4 "2020-12-03T18:16:50Z")

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I’m an idiot, I mean addTag.

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**Author:** ![wking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/wking/32/21823_2.png) [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-tag-in-8-1-scripting/41182/5 "2020-12-03T18:20:18Z")

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[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.configure](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.configure)