# Managing tags on a MediaConnect source
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You can use tags to help you track the billing and organization for your AWS Elemental MediaConnect flows, sources, outputs, and entitlements. These are the same tags that AWS Billing and Cost Management provides for organizing your AWS bill. For more information about using tags for cost allocation, see [Use Cost Allocation Tags for Custom Billing Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/allocation.html) in the *AWS Billing User Guide*. 

**Topics**
+ [Adding tags on a MediaConnect source](sources-manage-tags-add.md)
+ [Editing tags on a MediaConnect source](sources-manage-tags-edit.md)
+ [Removing tags from a MediaConnect source](sources-manage-tags-remove.md)

# Adding tags on a MediaConnect source
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Use tags to help you track the billing and organization for your AWS Elemental MediaConnect sources. For more information about using tags for cost allocation, see [Use Cost Allocation Tags for Custom Billing Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/allocation.html) in the *AWS Billing User Guide*.

**To add tags to a source (console)**

1. Open the MediaConnect console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/).

1. On the **Flows** page, choose the name of the flow that is associated with the source that you want to add tags to.

1. Choose the **Sources** tab.

   A list of sources for that flow appears.

1. Choose the source that you want to add tags to.

1. Choose **Manage tags**.

1. Choose **Manage tags** again, and then choose **Add tag**.

1. For each tag that you want to add, do the following:

   1. Enter a key and a value. For example, your key can be **sports** and your value can be **golf**. 

   1. Choose **Add tag**.

1. Choose **Update**.

# Editing tags on a MediaConnect source
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Use tags to help you track the billing and organization for your AWS Elemental MediaConnect sources. For more information about using tags for cost allocation, see [Use Cost Allocation Tags for Custom Billing Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/allocation.html) in the *AWS Billing User Guide*.

**To edit tags on a source (console)**

1. Open the MediaConnect console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/).

1. On the **Flows** page, choose the name of the flow that is associated with the source that you want to edit tags for.

1. Choose the **Sources** tab.

   A list of sources for that flow appears.

1. Choose the source that you want to edit tags for.

1. Choose **Manage tags**.

1. Choose **Manage tags** again.

1. Update the tags, as needed.

1. Choose **Update**.

# Removing tags from a MediaConnect source
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You can remove a tag from a source if you no longer want to use it to track the billing and organization for it.

**To remove tags from a source (console)**

1. Open the MediaConnect console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/).

1. On the **Flows** page, choose the name of the flow that is associated with the source that you want to remove tags from.

1. Choose the **Sources** tab.

   A list of sources for that flow appears.

1. Choose the source that you want to remove tags from.

1. Choose **Manage tags**.

1. Choose **Manage tags** again.

1. Choose **Remove tag** next to each tag that you want to delete.

1. Choose **Update**.