Genius Scan
  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Genius Scan at a glance
      • Scan documents
      • Take quality scans
      • Quick edit actions
  • Document Management
    • Viewing & Editing Documents
      • Edit, crop and rotate a scan
      • Renaming documents
      • Change a document's page size
      • Delete a document
      • Delete a page
      • Sign and annotate your scans
      • Set up a default filter
    • Organizing Documents
      • Sorting documents
      • Tagging documents and managing tags
      • Create and manage folders
      • Select multiple documents
      • Search your documents
    • Managing Multi-Page Documents
      • Select multiple pages
      • Adding pages to an existing document
      • Merging and splitting documents
      • Reordering pages
      • Moving pages between documents
    • Text Recognition / OCR
      • Enable text recognition
      • Copy text of my scans
      • Search scans with their content
      • Scan and extract a business card
      • Apply Text Recognition on all your old documents
    • Importing pictures and files
      • Import pictures and files (PDF, JPEG...)
      • Import Word, Excel, Web Documents
  • Exporting & Sharing
    • Export Formats & Options
      • Export Scans as PDF
      • Export Scans as JPEG
      • Export Scans as Text
      • Adjusting export settings
    • Export Destination & Shortcuts
      • Manual export instructions
      • Share a document by email
      • Update the email used to export a document
      • Configuring export shortcuts
      • Auto-export rules and configuration
      • Check a document's export history
      • Verify if your documents have been backed up
      • Automatically delete a document after export
    • Service-Specific Guides
      • Export to another app
      • Export to WhatsApp
      • Export via WebDAV
      • Export via FTP
      • Export to the photo gallery
      • Export to Canvas
      • Export via SFTP/FTPS
      • Export to a computer
      • Export to your device memory
      • Export to QuickBooks Online
      • Print documents
    • Expense Reports
      • Set up expense report
      • Generate an expense report
  • Cloud Storage & Backup
    • Back up Overview
    • Built-in Cloud Overview
      • Synchronization & Backup
      • Offloading documents
      • How documents sync across devices automatically
      • Search and filter documents
      • Resolving synchronisation conflicts ⚠️
    • Manual Back-up
    • Transfer Documents to a New Device
  • Subscription, Plans & Account Management
    • Plan Details & Comparison
      • How to subscribe to an advanced plan
      • What happens when my subscription expires?
      • What plan do I have?
      • Cancel your subscription
      • Upgrade or downgrade my subscription
      • Get a receipt from your purchase history
      • Ask for a refund
      • Share my purchase with my family
    • Account Management
      • Create your account
      • Delete your account
      • Update your email address
      • Reset your password
    • Buying Multiple Licenses Online
      • Buy licenses online
      • Manage your licenses
      • Manage billing information
      • Understand pricing & renewal
  • Security & Privacy
    • Document Protection
    • Privacy & Security Overview
    • Privacy Policy
  • Advanced & Developer Resources
    • Genius Scan SDK
    • Configure Genius Scan with a MDM
    • Launch Genius Scan from another app (Developers Guide)
  • Other topics
    • Accessibility Features
    • Troubleshooting & FAQ
      • Troubleshoot Scanning
        • Better automatic document detection
        • How to remove shadows from my scans?
        • My scans are upside down, how can I fix that?
        • What is the DPI of my Scans?
        • How to disable the shutter sound?
        • The camera doesn't work
      • Troubleshooting Email Problems
        • Emails are not sending, or your recipient receives them after a long time
        • The Send button is inactive when I try to email a scanned document
        • An error message tells me my email is not configured
        • I receive multiple emails from Genius Scan
        • I can't send an email on Android
      • I thought I signed up for an account but I can't log in anymore
      • How to recover lost or deleted documents?
      • Genius Scan is taking too much space, what can I do?
      • How to improve the quality of Text Recognition?
      • How to fix the Genius Scan iCloud Drive folder not appearing?
      • Genius Scan is stuck updating
      • How to restore the purchase of the Genius Scan premium features?
      • Why isn't Text Recognition running?
      • How to change Genius Scan's language?
    • Known Issues
      • Send a bug or crash report
      • Scans are blurry on iPhone 15
      • Unable to log in to Expensify
      • Unable to log in to Evernote
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  • Add a new tag to a document
  • Add an existing tag to a document
  • Remove a tag from a document
  • Find all documents with a tag
  • Tags export
  1. Document Management
  2. Organizing Documents

Tagging documents and managing tags

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Last updated 1 month ago

In Genius Scan and , documents can be organized with tags. A document can be tagged with several tags, and you can filter documents with tags.

Add a new tag to a document

Open your document and tap Add tag.

Open your document and tap Add tag.

Add an existing tag to a document

Open your document and tap the tag icon. The tags in orange are already added to your document.

Open your document and tap Add tag. A list of existing tags will appear at the top of the keyboard.

Remove a tag from a document

Open a document and tap the tag you want to remove. You can either remove the tag from this document or delete it (it will be removed from all documents)

Find all documents with a tag

  1. Tap the Search button on the main screen.

  1. Tap the tag icon.

  1. Select a tag and tap Done. This will filter all the documents tagged with this tag.

  1. Tap the Search button on the main screen.

  1. Tap the Tag button.

  1. Select a tag and tap Ok. This will filter all the documents tagged with this tag.

Tags export

Tags are saved into keywords metadata when you export your documents as PDF.

You can view and edit your tags on your computer by opening the Properties dialog box in your PDF reader. Some operating systems allow you to search and sort your document by PDF keywords, but third-party utilities like and might be needed on Windows.

FileMeta
PDF Property Extension
Genius Cloud
The Add tag button is on top of your document
The Add tag button is on top of your document
Choose any tag from this list to add to your document
Choose any tag from this list to add to your document
The options to delete your tag appear at the top left corner of your screen
The options to delete your tag appear at the top left corner of your screen
The search button is a magnifying glace at the top of your screen
Find the tag icon next to the search field
Choose any tag from this list to add to your document
The search button is a magnifying glace at the top of your screen
Find the tag icon under the search field
Choose any tag from this list to add to your document