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REST API for removing all tags

Submitted by Resolver I on ‎12-04-2025 05:48 AM

Hi,

 

Is it possible to have an end point to remove on a specific item/workspace all tags in one call?

That helps a lot!

 

Thx

Status: Declined

We've increased the calls limitation to 25 items per minute, and you can remove multiple tags from an item in a single call. However, we currently have no plans in supprting a flow of removing and re-applying all tags repeatedly.

A different way to solve this might be using the Scanner API to get the tags applied on all items and compare them with the tags applied on your 3rd party app, then using the delete/apply APIs only to apply the necessary diffs.

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nschachter
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee
‎12-07-2025 04:15 AM
Status changed to: Need Clarification

Hi @XCT, what's the usecase for this?

You can already remove multiple tags from an item in one call, you just have to list them: Tags - Unapply Tags - REST API (Core)

XCT
Resolver I
Resolver I
‎12-07-2025 10:49 PM

Hi @nschachter,

The idea is basically to propagate tags to PBI/Fabric items from a third-party app every day (at night)...I need to remove all tags before propagating new one. Unfortunately I've more than 25 items in my tenant. And I don't want that lasts 2 days. I want to do that with multiple API calls in a few hours max.

nschachter
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee
‎12-08-2025 06:31 AM

Thanks @XCT. Not sure I'm following. You're interested in removing all tags from all items nightly, just to apply these tags again with some possible diff? Why not just apply the newly attached tags?

We're looking into increasing the limitation of 25 calls an hour for applying tags, but this removal request isn't clear to me.

XCT
Resolver I
Resolver I
‎12-08-2025 06:43 AM
Good news for the increasing of the limitation! thx @nschachter! My use case: If a fabric user changes the tagging of an item during the day, we want to remove those tagging to implement a new one from a third-party app the next night (to be conformed to our policies). We want to work by batch and with automatization.
nschachter
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee
‎01-05-2026 02:43 AM
Status changed to: Declined

We've increased the calls limitation to 25 items per minute, and you can remove multiple tags from an item in a single call. However, we currently have no plans in supprting a flow of removing and re-applying all tags repeatedly.

A different way to solve this might be using the Scanner API to get the tags applied on all items and compare them with the tags applied on your 3rd party app, then using the delete/apply APIs only to apply the necessary diffs.