# How to remove tags of a contact via the API?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-remove-tags-of-a-contact-via-the-api/8269>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-remove-tags-of-a-contact-via-the-api/8269 "2017-04-20T12:46:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nadiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nadiya](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Nadiya)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-remove-tags-of-a-contact-via-the-api/8269/1 "2017-04-20T12:46:55Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
Is there a way to remove specific tags from a contact via the API ?  
  
  
  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Nadiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nadiya](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Nadiya)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-remove-tags-of-a-contact-via-the-api/8269/2 "2017-04-20T12:46:55Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to remove specific tags from a contact via the API ?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ricardomartins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ricardomartins/32/198_2.png) [@ricardomartins](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ricardomartins)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-remove-tags-of-a-contact-via-the-api/8269/3 "2020-12-10T06:28:34Z")

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I was looking for the same answer for Mautic 2.x API.  
It turns out that if you add a minus (-) as a preffix to your tag, it’ll be removed.  
I.e: -tagtoremove