How to remove a tag from 500+ notes?

DEVONthink
1

Hi,

Using Evernote, I could select a bunch of notes, see the tags they had in common, and delete one or more from the list.

I just wanted to do the same using DT3. I made a Smart Group showing all notes having the tag A and B, and I want to remove B.

Apparently this is not possible, as tags in common or not shown, until all notes have list of identical tags…

Weird omission.

Any known workarounds?

I could see a workaround using a script (but I’m not a developer, hence the call for help ;-).
A script (or Smart Rule) asking for the tag to remove, and it gets applied to the selected notes…

2

You can set up a smart rule for Kind is Tag, Name is B with an action, to be performed On Demand, Move to Trash. Note that deletes only the tag (which is what you want) and not the tagged item.

Stephen

3

Are you trying to remove the tag from the database or just from the files, leaving the tag intact?

4

Other notes have the tag as well, so I only want to remove the tag from the selected notes.

5

Found a solution using a Smart Rule (it has the Remove Tag option).
Thanks!

6

Note this is also possible to do with a Tools > Batch Process operation.

7

Ah. Good to know.
Thanks!

8

No problem.