# How to determine if you have write permissions on a tag?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-if-you-have-write-permissions-on-a-tag/52855 "2021-11-09T00:04:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-if-you-have-write-permissions-on-a-tag/52855/2 "2021-11-09T00:34:54Z")

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Nevermind, he found it. Tag property “canWrite”

PS. this was only added in v8.1.8

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