How to Create and Use Tags in Obsidian YAML

Add metadata of tags to Obsidian notes using YAML front matter

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In the previous article about creating and using metadata (aliases, tags, etc.) using Obsidian YAML, I talked about how to create a valid YAML and add metadata, especially tags to our obsidian notes. Regarding the tags, I also touched on the auto-completion feature. But I still feel the necessity to further explain them. So this article is fully dedicated to helping you create and use tags correctly using YAML.

Create Tags Metadata in YAML

We can easily create tags in YAML like the below:

---
tags: tag_name
---

multiple tags:

---
tags: tag_name1, tag_name2
---

or

---
tags: [tag_name1, tag_name2]
---

or

---
tags: 
 - tag_name1
 - tag_name2
---

Use the Created Tags in YAML for Obsidian Notes

Suppose we already created some tags called content_video, and content_blog, then we could directly use them in other notes through YAML code.

---
tags:  
 - content_video 
 - content_blog 
---