--- updatedAt: 2026-06-08T17:29:09.000Z agentTools: siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/llms.txt --- # Delete a tag Deletes the tag and removes it from all tagged objects and reserved IPs. This doesn't delete the objects or reserved IPs. This operation can only be accessed by account users with _unrestricted_ access. Talk to your local account administrator about access management. > 📘 > > Tags without any related objects are periodically cleaned up by the system. **Permissions and scopes** To call this operation, you need the following: - **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth). - Scopes: `account:read_write` **CLI** ```shell linode-cli tags delete linode-cli tags rm ``` [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli) # OpenAPI definition ````json { "components": { "securitySchemes": { "oauth": { "flows": { "authorizationCode": { "authorizationUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/authorize", "scopes": { "account:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your account.", "account:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your account.", "domains:read_only": "Allows access to GET Domains on your account.", "domains:read_write": "Allows access to all Domain endpoints.", "events:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Events.", "events:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Events.", "firewall:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your Firewalls.", "firewall:read_write": "Allows access to all Firewall endpoints.", "images:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Images.", "images:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Images.", "ips:read_only": "Allows access to GET your ips.", "ips:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your ips.", "linodes:read_only": "Allows access to GET Linodes on your account.", "linodes:read_write": "Allow access to all endpoints related to your Linodes.", "lke:read_only": "Allows access to GET LKE Clusters on your account.", "lke:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to LKE Clusters on your account.", "longview:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Longview Clients.", "longview:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Longview Clients.", "monitor:read-write": "Allows access to all Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) endpoints.", "monitor:read_only": "Allows access to Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) data.", "nodebalancers:read_only": "Allows access to GET NodeBalancers on your account.", "nodebalancers:read_write": "Allows access to all NodeBalancer endpoints.", "object_storage:read_only": "Allows access to GET information related to your Object Storage.", "object_storage:read_write": "Allows access to all Object Storage endpoints.", "stackscripts:read_only": "Allows access to GET your StackScripts.", "stackscripts:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your StackScripts.", "volumes:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Volumes.", "volumes:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Volumes.", "vpc:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to VPC and Subnet creation, updating, and deletion." }, "tokenUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/token" } }, "type": "oauth2" }, "personalAccessToken": { "scheme": "bearer", "type": "http" } } }, "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference" }, "info": { "description": "[Read the API documentation](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/api).", "license": { "name": "Apache 2.0", "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html" }, "title": "Tags", "version": "4.229.1" }, "openapi": "3.0.1", "paths": { "/{apiVersion}/tags/{tagLabel}": { "delete": { "description": "Deletes the tag and removes it from all tagged objects and reserved IPs. This doesn't delete the objects or reserved IPs. This operation can only be accessed by account users with _unrestricted_ access. Talk to your local account administrator about access management.\n\n> 📘\n>\n> Tags without any related objects are periodically cleaned up by the system.\n\n\n**Permissions and scopes**\n\nTo call this operation, you need the following:\n\n- **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth).\n\n - Scopes: `account:read_write`\n\n\n**CLI**\n\n```shell\nlinode-cli tags delete\nlinode-cli tags rm\n```\n\n[Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli)", "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/delete-tag" }, "operationId": "delete-tag", "responses": { "200": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": {}, "schema": { "description": "The API responds with an empty object.", "maxProperties": 0, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/added-empty-obj.yaml" } } } }, "description": "Tag deleted." }, "default": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": { "errors": [ { "reason": "Invalid JSON" } ] }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "errors": { "items": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "An object for describing a single error that occurred during the processing of a request.", "properties": { "field": { "description": "The field in the request that caused this error. This may be a path, separated by periods in the case of nested fields. In some cases this may come back as `null` if the error is not specific to any single element of the request.", "example": "fieldname", "type": "string" }, "reason": { "description": "What happened to cause this error. In most cases, this can be fixed immediately by changing the data you sent in the request, but in some cases you will be instructed to [Open a support ticket](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-ticket) or perform some other action before you can complete the request successfully.", "example": "fieldname must be a valid value", "type": "string" } }, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/error-object.yaml" } }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" } } }, "description": "See [Errors](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/errors) for the range of possible error response codes." } }, "security": [ { "personalAccessToken": [] }, { "oauth": [ "account:read_write" ] } ], "summary": "Delete a tag", "tags": [ "Tags" ], "x-akamai": { "tabs": [ { "syntax": "linode-cli tags delete\nlinode-cli tags rm", "title": "CLI", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli" }, { "syntax": "account:read_write", "title": "OAuth scopes", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth" } ] }, "x-linode-cli-action": [ "delete", "rm" ] }, "parameters": [ { "description": "__Enum__ Call either the `v4` URL, or `v4beta` for operations still in Beta.", "in": "path", "name": "apiVersion", "required": true, "schema": { "enum": [ "v4", "v4beta" ], "example": "v4", "type": "string" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/api-version-path.yaml" } }, { "description": "The `label` of the tag to access.", "in": "path", "name": "tagLabel", "required": true, "schema": { "example": "production", "type": "string" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/tag-label-path.yaml" } } ], "x-akamai": { "file-path": "paths/tag-label.yaml", "path-info": "/{apiVersion}/tags/{tagLabel}" }, "x-linode-cli-command": "tags" } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.linode.com" } ], "tags": [ { "description": "Use tags to organize and group your various Akamai cloud computing services. You can create a common tag and assign it to similar objects on your account to help organize them.", "name": "Tags" } ], "x-akamai": { "auth-type": "OAUTH", "file-path": "tags.yaml" }, "x-readme": { "explorer-enabled": false, "samples-languages": [ "curl", "python", "node" ] } } ```` # Sibling pages * [Create a tag](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-tag.md) * [List tags](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-tags.md) * [List tagged objects](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-tagged-objects.md)