---
title: Tags on a contact
id: contacts.tags
description: "Add free-text tags to a contact, with suggestions from the tags your organisation already uses."
lastUpdated: 2026-10-16
order: 50
---

## What it does

The Tags card in the right-hand column of a contact shows its tags as chips. Add a Tag opens a field in the card. As you type, it suggests tags your organisation has used before. Each chip has a cross that removes the tag.

Tags have no fixed list. Use tags for what the other fields do not cover, such as a region or an account manager.

A tag can't contain `|`, since an export separates tags with it. Pressing Enter on one shows "A tag can't contain |." under the field, and Lucrii refuses it on save too. This rule covers a tag on an order, an item, a task or a contact's location as well. A bulk action's Tags field shows the same message. Lucrii refuses a bulk job that adds or replaces such a tag before it starts.

## Before you start

A tag can be up to 100 characters. A contact, contact location, order, item or task can have up to 250 tags. Adding one more shows "A record can have up to 250 tags." under the field, and Lucrii refuses it on save too. A bulk action skips a record it would take past 250 tags, with the same message. Lucrii refuses a bulk action that sets more than 250 tags before it starts, as in "Choose at most 250 for Tags."

On the Contacts list, the search box filters by Tags to show the contacts with a tag. [Work boards and tasks](/docs/boards/overview.md) covers the search box. To tag many contacts at once, see [bulk actions on contacts](/docs/contacts/bulk-actions.md).

## How to use it

1. Open a contact and find the Tags card.
2. Select Add a Tag.
3. Type the tag, or choose a suggestion. The first time anyone uses a tag, type it in full.
4. Press Enter to add it.
5. Select the cross on a chip to remove that tag.

An MCP client adds and removes a contact's tags through the tag tools.

## Related

- [The contact page, editing and deleting](/docs/contacts/edit-delete.md): Open a contact's page for its details, addresses, linked company or primary contact, media and tags, then change it with Edit or delete it via Trash.
- [Notes on a contact](/docs/contacts/notes.md): Post notes and files on the timeline of any contact or contact location, beside the entries Lucrii records there.
- [Bulk actions on contacts](/docs/contacts/bulk-actions.md): Tick contacts in the list, or every contact a filter matches, then change their company or currency, tag them or delete them together.

## Changes

- [Bulk actions on contacts](/changelog/2026-10-16#2026-10-16-bulk-actions-on-contacts) - 2026-10-16
- [Field lengths and tag limits](/changelog/2026-10-16#2026-10-16-field-lengths-and-tag-limits) - 2026-10-16
- [Tags, option names and team names](/changelog/2026-10-16#2026-10-16-tags-options-and-team-names) - 2026-10-16
- [Help pages for every feature](/changelog/2026-09-30#2026-09-30-help-pages-for-every-feature) - 2026-09-30