Lets say you’ve got a bunch of images of different monuments (like Taj Mahal, Leaning Tower of Pisa etc). Now, you could obviously search them individually using the search box. But, wouldn’t it be great if you just typed “monuments” there and it pulled up all those images? This could be done by adding the corresponding tag to each of those image files.

You could manually add tags and titles to any file in Windows. It could help you organize them in a better way.

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Here are the steps to do it.

Go to properties of the file by right clicking on it and clicking on the option. Now click on “Details” tab.

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Under Description you can see the following fields:

• Title
• Subject
• Rating
• Tags ( used as keywords, one can search for file using this term).
• Comments

To assign value to all these terms, simply hover your mouse over the blank area next to it. For example, on hovering the mouse pointer next to tags area, “Add a tag” text box appears. Now add a relevant tag to the file, something which you would use to search it.

This file is an image of Taj Mahal, therefore I added a tag “Monuments” to it. Similarly you could add other information.

Note: You can add more than one tag to the same file.

Now search for any file using the start menu search box. If I type monument in the given box, TajMahal.jpg comes up in the result. It is due to the tag associated with the image file.

Make it habit to assign tags and titles to important files. Title is helpful when the name of file doesn’t inform you about its content. You can also add tag and titles in Windows explorer. In the detail pane click on the blank space next to title and tags.

That was how you can add tags and titles to files in Windows to facilitate easy searching.

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So, without further ado, let’s learn how to add tags to files:

Step 1- Choose a file you wish to add a tag on > Right-Click to choose Properties.

Step 2- Go to ‘Details’ Tab > Find ‘Tags’.

Step 3- Select the empty text box place right beside it.

Step 4- Start adding tags to the particular file. Suppose your creating tags for you’re spreadsheets, so you can use tags like ‘Invoice’, ‘Budget’ or ‘Schedule’ for better categorization.

Step 5- You can give multiple tags to one file as well. Just use semicolon after each tag. For instance, Invoice; Budget; Schedule.

Once you’re done tagging, Click Enter & press OK!

Add Tags To Multiple Files At Once:

If you wish to add same tags to multiple files in one go to briefly categorize your files.

Step 1- Press CTRL Key to select different files from same location > Right-Click to choose ‘Properties’.

Step 2- In Details tab > Add single or multiple tags similarly as done above & hit Enter > Click OK!

All the tags would be applied to multiple files in a single-go!

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If you’re still using Windows 7, the process to add tags in much simpler.

Step 1- Details pane is enabled by default when you select a file/folder in Windows 7.

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Step 2- Select file you wish to add tags on & a ‘Details’ pane will automatically be activated at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3- Locate ‘Tags’ option and start adding relevant keywords in ‘Add a tag’ field > Click Enter to Save!

Once all your important files are tagged the next step is:

How To Search Files With Tags?

Searching tagged files is way easier than adding tags. All you need to do is to go to the File Explorer > Type your relevant tags in the Search Box in the format below:

“Tag: Budget”

Replace ‘Budget’ with the tags used by you!

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