# Upper/lower case for tags

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [17 May 2021 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402 "2021-05-17T16:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![piefel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/piefel/32/5579_2.png) [@piefel](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/piefel)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2021 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402/1 "2021-05-17T16:38:29Z")

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Using Joplin 1.7.11 under Windows, I noticed that I cannot _create_ tags that contain upper-case letters, and cannot _rename_ tags to contain upper-case letters.

Many people may even believe that Joplin can only handle lower-case tags, because that is all that the UI allows. However, that is not the whole story: I used Evernote before, and imported all the notes from there. I had mixed-case tags there, because I used them mostly tree-like (no native tree structure in Evernote). After the import, the tags remained mixed-case.

Is there no way in the UI, or do I overlook it? Why would you want to limit this?

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2021 18:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402/2 "2021-05-17T18:43:08Z")

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[This thread](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/tags-lower-case-only/4220) about lower case tags already exists and has been running since Nov19.

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**Author:** ![piefel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/piefel/32/5579_2.png) [@piefel](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/piefel)\
**Post date:** [18 May 2021 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402/3 "2021-05-18T16:38:51Z")

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Thank you for pointing that out!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2021 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/upper-lower-case-for-tags/17402/4 "2021-06-17T16:39:14Z")

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Closed on 17 June 2021 16:39 UTC

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