> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sonto.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tags

> Making the most of tags in Sonto

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  Get introduced to tags in Sonto.
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A **tag** is a label you define yourself that cuts across areas, projects, dates, and tasks. Unlike a
project or area — where a task lives in exactly one — tags overlay your work, so the same task can be
grouped and filtered by several at once.

## Where tags live

* **Create and manage** — in **Settings**. There's no fixed taxonomy; you name your own.
* **Apply** — to any area, project, or task. While naming a task you can also tag it inline by typing
  `@` (see [Natural language input](/reference/natural-language-input)).
* **Filter** — from the **filter bar** on the Day, Week, and project views.

## What a tag can do

| Behaviour                     | Detail                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Targets**                   | Areas, projects, and individual tasks can each be tagged.                                                                                      |
| **Multiple tags**             | One item can carry several tags at once, describing it along more than one dimension (for example `office` + `waiting`).                       |
| **Independent of containers** | A tagged project keeps its tag; tasks inside it can still carry different tags of their own.                                                   |
| **Never schedules**           | Tagging a task doesn't schedule it. A tagged task appears on your Day only once you schedule it for that day — then filter the Day by the tag. |

## Filtering

* **Filter bar** — pick a tag to narrow the Day, Week, or a project to matching items. You can filter
  inside a project that already carries its own tag.
* **Sticky** — an active filter persists for a couple of hours, so you stay focused without reapplying it.
* **Per view** — each screen remembers its own filter independently; filtering your Week by `waiting`
  doesn't change what your Day shows.

## Availability

Tags and filtering are available on both **Mac** and **iPhone**.

## Related

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    The Day, Week, and project views you can filter.
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  <Card title="Search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/reference/search">
    Another way to find tasks across Sonto.
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