Tags allow you to group contacts that belong to different groups but share common traits.
For example, you may want to create a list of people you send Christmas cards to, including both friends and business associates. Since a contact can only belong to one group, tags provide a flexible alternative.
A contact can have multiple tags, and contacts from different groups can share the same tag.

Avoid creating tags where one tag name is a subset of another, as this may cause ambiguity when filtering.
Deleting a tag removes it from all assigned contacts.

You can also assign or remove tags in the Contact Editor using the Tags drop-down list:

Note: If you select ALL TAGS, no tags will be deleted, as the program does not allow deleting all tags at once.
Selecting multiple tags will display contacts with any of the selected tags. You can also filter for contacts that have all selected tags:
