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title: "How to assign a tag to a Bare Metal server"
description: "Learn how to create, assign, and delete tags for each dedicated server from the OVHcloud Control Panel."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/resource-tag-assign
lang: en
---
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# How to assign a tag to a Bare Metal server

**Learn how to create, assign, and delete tags for each dedicated server from the OVHcloud Control Panel.**

Tags are labels that can be attributed to your resources, allowing you to organize and manage them more efficiently.

Each tag consists of two parts:

- **Key**: Represents an attribute or category.
- **Value**: Corresponds to the information associated with that key.

For example, you can categorize your resources by site, service, or even security level. Using tags can make it easier to search, organize your resources, manage associated costs, and apply policies with the desired granularity.

 

## Requirements

- A [dedicated server](https://us.ovhcloud.com/bare-metal/) in your OVHcloud account
- Access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/)

 

## Instructions

### Assign a tag to a dedicated server via the OVHcloud Control Panel

To tag a server:

1. Log in to your [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/).
2. Go to the `Bare Metal Cloud` section.
3. Click `Dedicated servers` and select your server from the list.

From the `General information` tab, scroll down to the **Tags** panel and click `Add a tag`.

Click the `Assign a tag` button.

In the window that pops up, click in the `Key` field to open the dropdown menu, then select the key you want.

Next, click in the `Value` field and select the appropriate value from the dropdown menu.

**Tip:**

**If you want to use a key or value that does not yet exist**, you can create it by entering it, then clicking `Add your-value`, where "your-value" corresponds to the text you have entered.

Finally, click the `Add` button to create the tag, then click the `Assign` button in the lower right-hand part of the window.

You will receive a green confirmation message, then see the list of tags applied to the chosen server.

 

### Delete a tag on a dedicated server

To find the list of tags assigned to your server:

1. Log in to your [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/).
2. Go to the `Bare Metal Cloud` section.
3. Click `Dedicated servers` and select your server from the list.
4. Go to the `Tags` tab.

Click the _more options_ `...` button, to the right of the tag you want to remove from your server. Choose `Remove`.

A confirmation window will appear. Click the `Confirm` button to unassign the tag.

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Dedicated Servers guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/landing-page-dedicated-servers.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Dedicated Servers](https://us.ovhcloud.com/bare-metal/) on the OVHcloud US website.