# Batch Operations

It's a pretty common occurence: You imported archives without enabling automatic tagging, or you suddenly want to add tags to a lot of archives at once.

Editing tags manually for each file ain't gonna cut it...

Enter **Batch Tagging**, allowing for laser-focus, one-time operations over large sets of archives.

![Batch Tagging interface as of 0.5.6](https://3744230098-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LPbsOo9_KVq_qSlpg5H-3168184435%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-34922b7a9db9e96dc461bcbb811ca4e325d64236%2Fbatch.png?alt=media)

All your archives are shown in the checklist on the right, with archives with no tags pre-checked for ease of access.

Past that, it's just a matter of selecting what you want to do, optionally plugging in special arguments for the run, and going ham on batching!

The currently available operations are:

* **Use Plugin**: Use a plugin on the selected archives. The arguments available for overriding will depend on the plugin.
* **Apply Tag Rules**: Apply your default [Tag Rules](https://sugoi.gitbook.io/lanraragi/dev/advanced-usage/tag-rules) to the selected archives.
* **Clear New**: Remove new flag from selected archives.
* **Delete**: Delete the selected archives.

{% hint style="info" %}
As shown in the screenshot, you can only override **Global Arguments** in Batch Tagging.

One-shot arguments, such as specifying a E-Hentai URL, are only available when editing a single archive through the classic Edit menu.
{% endhint %}

If you set a timeout value, the batch session will wait the specified time between archives.

![Batch Tagging status window](https://3744230098-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LPbsOo9_KVq_qSlpg5H-3168184435%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a8511a5f35207cbdda182616cefab7a91187ef44%2Fbatchlog.png?alt=media\&token=2f25fba8-395f-4852-ab41-7a9831145e5e)

While a batch session runs, you get a live summary of what the server is doing, and can cancel at any time.