Mass Delete Tags

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EMS

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Jul 9, 2009, 9:41:15 PM7/9/09
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Hi,
I just imported my bookmarks from Delicious and every bookmark has
"Imported" as a tag, so I was wondering: How do I remove tags entirely
or en masse?
Along the same lines, how do I remove a lot of bookmarks at once while
I'm cleaning things up.
Finally, is a search feature forthcoming?

maciej

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Jul 10, 2009, 2:49:04 AM7/10/09
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Tag deletion is not supported right now; I'm putting it on the list of
things to implement. All bulk operations on Pinboard are done using
the stars that appear to the left of your bookmarks. For example, to
get rid of that "imported" tag:

- go to u:self/t:imported
- click on "star all".
- click on 'earlier' and repeat as necessary
- go to the "starred" page, enter the tag name in the box, and click
"remove from all"
- click 'unstar all'

You might split this into a couple of operations to keep the starred
page from getting crazy long.

stars are a generic way for selecting a batch of bookmarks at once.
One feature that is not yet available is bulk delete (this is waiting
while I implement a bulk delete undo, which something tells me is
going to be needed by the first person to use bulk delete, most likely
myself...).

> Finally, is a search feature forthcoming?

Yes, this is a high priority. There will be a search box that
searches by tag, title and description as soon as I can implement it.

soonjung

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Jul 14, 2009, 2:52:07 PM7/14/09
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Thank you for your response, Maciej. The bulk delete was my first
question, and tag delete my second. I'm thankful you have already
answered them!
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