How can I delete unused tags ?

[ghost]

I'm trying to delete unused tags in django, but I don't know how to do it, how can I do it?

[kurtrwall]

You could go into the database directly and delete them, or you could write a script that looks for tags in the taggit_tag table that aren't assigned. There are other ways too. I'm currently running into this.

[PaulMest]

Here is a simple way to delete tags which are not associated with anything:

from taggit.models import Tag

def remove_all_tags_without_objects():
    for tag in Tag.objects.all():
        if tag.taggit_taggeditem_items.count() == 0:
            print('Removing: {}'.format(tag))
            tag.delete()
        else:
            print('Keeping: {}'.format(tag))

[jdufresne]

Thanks for reporting. This issue looks like a duplicate of #111. If you have additional information to add, please do so there.

[saileshkush95]

Here is a simple way to delete tags which are not associated with anything:

from taggit.models import Tag

def remove_all_tags_without_objects():
    for tag in Tag.objects.all():
        if tag.taggit_taggeditem_items.count() == 0:
            print('Removing: {}'.format(tag))
            tag.delete()
        else:
            print('Keeping: {}'.format(tag))

How to use this and where to use this?

[PaulMest]

@saileshkush95
You could put it inside a Custom Management Command.

[kurtrwall]

You could put it inside a Custom Management Command.

you might be able to hook into your database event system to trigger it as well