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The Tags view
Every tag you use, with how often you use it.
Why you'd care
The counts are the interesting part. They are an honest picture of what you actually write about, which is usually not what you think you write about.
It is also the fastest way to spot the problem tags: near-duplicates, and tags used twice a year that should not exist.
Going further
Counts drive the picker order. With ordering set to most-used, this view and the tag picker agree, so your common tags are always first. See Settings Lists & Things Tag order.
Counts can be recounted. Settings Lists & Things Reset tag counts walks every thing you have tagged and writes the true number back. Despite the name it does not zero anything: it is a repair for counts that have drifted out of sync, which is worth running if a tag's number looks wrong or the most-used order does not match how you actually tag.
Tapping a tag shows the lists it appears in, matching how searching #tag behaves. A tag is a topic, and topics are more useful grouped than as a flat pile. See search.
Tags in the side menu. Settings Lists & Things Show tags in side menu puts your tags in the navigation, which is worth it only if you have a handful.
Settings that change this
- Settings Lists & Things Tag order orders tags by use, count or alphabetically.
- Settings Lists & Things Reset tag counts recounts your tags from the things that carry them.
- Settings Lists & Things Show tags in side menu shows tags in the side menu.
Tips
- Review this view every few months. Merging two near-duplicate tags takes a minute and pays off for years.
- Any tag used fewer than three times is probably not earning itself.