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BORG-TAG(1) borg backup tool BORG-TAG(1)

NAME

borg-tag - Manage tags

SYNOPSIS

borg [common options] tag [options] [NAME]

DESCRIPTION

Manage archive tags.

Borg archives can have a set of tags which can be used for matching archives.

You can set the tags to a specific set of tags or you can add or remove tags from the current set of tags.

User defined tags must not start with @ because such tags are considered special and users are only allowed to use known special tags:

@PROT: protects archives against archive deletion or pruning.

Pre-existing special tags can not be removed via --set. You can still use --set, but you must give pre-existing special tags also (so they won't be removed).

OPTIONS

See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.

arguments

specify the archive name

options

set tags (can be given multiple times)
add tags (can be given multiple times)
remove tags (can be given multiple times)

Archive filters

only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".
Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; default is: timestamp
consider first N archives after other filters were applied
consider last N archives after other filters were applied
consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.
consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

SEE ALSO

borg-common(1)

AUTHOR

The Borg Collective

2025-08-04