How to Clean Up Empty Tags

If you find you have many empty tags in DEVONthink and want to clean them up, here’s how you can locate and remove them from any open database.

The quickest way to get things cleaned up is to use a global smart group.

1. Select a global smart group in the Smart Groups section of the Navigate sidebar.
2. At the bottom of the sidebar, press the plus (+) button and choose New Smart Group.
3. Give the smart group a name like Empty Tags and leave the Search in dropdown as Databases.
4. Add the criteria: Kind is Ordinary Tag and Item does not contain Data, and click OK it to close.
5. Select the smart group, then select any or all the tag groups in the item list, and choose Data > Move to Trash.
6. When you’ve got things cleaned up, choose DEVONthink > Empty Trash to fully remove them.