Manual:deleteTag.php

MediaWiki file: deleteTag.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.41.1 • 1.40.3 • 1.39.7
Classes:	DeleteTag

Details

deleteTag.php is a maintenance script that removes a revision tag from edits and log entries where it was applied.

Arguments

Argument	Description	Required
tagname	Name of the tag to delete	Required

Usage

php maintenance/deleteTag.php tagname

Terminal

$ php maintenance/deleteTag.php "mobile edit"

Deleting tag 'mobile edit'...
1
The tag has been removed from 1 revisions, deleting the tag itself...
Done.

You can find all valid tags at Special:Tags

Terminal

$ php maintenance/deleteTag.php "visualeditor-switched"

Tags defined by an extension cannot be deleted unless the extension specifically allows it.

Some MediaWiki extensions may not allow tags to be deleted.

Common error

Tag '$tag' not found

This error occurs when an invalid tag name is given. See Special:Tags for valid tag names.

See also

• Manual:AddChangeTag.php
• Manual:Tags