# Proliferating empty tags - not a bug

**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/proliferating-empty-tags-not-a-bug/47637
**Category:** DEVONthink
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/proliferating-empty-tags-not-a-bug/47637 "2019-05-24T23:19:29Z")
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### Author: ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/proliferating-empty-tags-not-a-bug/47637/2 "2019-05-25T03:36:58Z")

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Criss posted on this here:

> [@Tag maintenance - old tags still in tag suggestion](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tag-maintenance-old-tags-still-in-tag-suggestion/47377/2):
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> You could use a smart rule that is regularly performed. E.g. this is one of my smart rules and performed before synchronizing:

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