# Search and Replace Adds Tag Folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-adds-tag-folder/37381>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-adds-tag-folder/37381 "2020-08-04T19:40:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-adds-tag-folder/37381/1 "2020-08-04T19:40:03Z")

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I am experiencing an issue where I am attempting to perform a search and replace on a tag name and when I press replace, what ends up happening is the tag will remain unchanged, but is placed in a folder with the name. For example:

Search: old\_tag  
Finds a tag of path: [default]folder/old\_tag  
Replace: new  
When you hit the replace button you then get a tag with the path:[default]folder/new\_tag/old\_tag