Remove a Tag from an Asset

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Basic, Scan Operator, Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

Required Access Group Permissions: Can View, Can Edit

When you manually add a tag to an asset or create a tag that Tenable Vulnerability Management automatically applies to that asset based on the tag's rules, you can manually remove from the asset if you want to exclude the asset from the tag's scope.

To remove a tag from an asset:

1. View your assets list.

2. (Optional) Refine the table data. For more information, see Interact with a Customizable Table.

3. Do one of the following:

   To remove a tag from single asset:

   Select the page where you want to remove the tag from the asset:

   Location	Action
   Assets page	To remove a tag from an asset on the Assets page: In the assets table, right-click the row for the asset from which you want to remove a tag. The action options appear next to your cursor. -or- In the assets table, in the Actions column, click the button for the asset from which you want to remove a tag. The action buttons appear in the row. Click Remove Tags. The Remove Tags window appears. Under Current Tags, roll over the tag you want to remove and click the button. The tag appears in the Tags To Be Removed box. Tip: To remove a tag from Tags to be Removed, roll over the tag and click the button.
   Asset Details page	To remove a tag from an asset on the Asset Details page: View the Asset Details page for the asset from which you want to remove the tag. Do one of the following: On the left side of the page, in the Tags section, roll over the tag you want to remove and click the button. To remove the tag via the Actions menu: In the upper-right corner, click the Actions button. The actions menu appears. In the actions menu, click Remove Tags. The Remove Tags window appears. Under Current Tags, roll over the tag you want to remove and click the button. The tag appears in the Tags To Be Removed box. Tip: To remove a tag from Tags to be Removed, roll over the tag and click the button.

   To remove a tag from multiple assets:

   1. Search your assets by the tag you want to remove.

   2. Do one of the following:

      • To remove the tag from selected assets, in the assets table, select the check box next to each asset from which you want to remove the tag.

      • To remove the tag from all your assets:

        1. In the assets table header row, select the check box next to the total number of assets.

           The action bar appears at the top of the table.

           All assets on the page are selected.

        2. Click Select all [total number of tagged assets] assets.

           Note: If you do not select all the tagged assets, Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the tag from the assets on only the current page.

   3. In the action bar, click the More button.

      A menu appears.

   4. In the actions menu, click Remove Tags.

      The Remove Tags window appears.

   5. Under Current Tags, roll over the tag you want to remove and click the button.

      The tag appears in the Tags To Be Removed box.

      Tip: To remove a tag from Tags to be Removed, roll over the tag and click the button.

4. Click Remove.

   Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the selected tag from the assets.