# Quick way to find unused tags?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-way-to-find-unused-tags/31490>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-way-to-find-unused-tags/31490 "2020-01-21T20:27:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-way-to-find-unused-tags/31490/5 "2020-01-22T00:19:05Z")

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> [@Kevin.Herron](#):
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> it’s difficult, if not impossible, to tell you with certainty a tag is no longer used

How crazy an idea would it be to have a last read timestamp property on tags?

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