Tag your files, see the tags on thumbnails, and find them again from File Explorer.
Check supported extensions, drive requirements and metadata portability
Right-click a supported file in File Explorer and choose a tag from the Tag menu. You can also select one or more files and press Ctrl+Win+Alt+T followed by a number key (1-9) to apply a tag.
Open Settings, select Tag+, and open Tag Manager to manage your tags, the tag shortcuts, and custom tag icons.
Tagged files show a tag overlay on their thumbnail in File Explorer's Medium, Large and Extra Large icon views. It may take a moment for Explorer to refresh a thumbnail after a change.
On your PC. Supported media formats use embedded metadata or an XMP sidecar; other formats handled by PPP use attached NTFS streams. Existing property handlers can affect storage for Office documents and other formats. Preserve sidecars and check your copy or sync workflow: ordinary email attachments and FAT32 or exFAT copies do not preserve NTFS streams. See the compatibility guide above.
The Tag+ page in Settings also holds Tag Sense AI. Turn it on, then right-click files and choose Auto-Tag to have a local AI suggest tags from their content.
Tag+ can show a notification when tagging finishes, and offer to add a location to the Windows Search index when you tag a file somewhere that isn't indexed. Both can be turned off on the Tag+ page.
The Tag menu, the tag shortcuts and the tag overlays can each be turned off on the Tag+ page in Settings.
Find tagged and rated files straight from File Explorer
Tag+ and Rate+ use the Search filters section in Explorer's left navigation pane. Open it and you'll find ready-made folders and filters — one per tag, star rating, and a few common combinations — that you click to instantly see the matching files.
Each filter is a query against Windows' own search index, matching a file's tags and star rating. Because it relies on Windows Search, only files in indexed, searchable locations show up — the same locations Windows Search itself can reach.
Open Settings, select Navigation+, and use the Search filters section to add, reorder, rename, or turn on and off the folders and filters shown in File Explorer's navigation pane. Each one can have its own name, icon, and tooltip.
Build filters with the visual query builder — pick a field such as Tag, Rating, Person, File name, Folder, File extension, File size, Date modified, Date created or Item type, an operator and a value, and combine conditions with AND/OR — or switch to Advanced mode to edit the underlying search query directly.
A filter folder can apply a tag or set a rating to supported files you drag onto it — turning it into a quick drop target for organizing files, not just a way to find them.
If your customizations get into a state you don't want, use Reset to defaults in the Search filters section — it backs up your current filters before restoring the originals.
If you'd rather not see the Search filters section in Explorer's navigation pane, turn it off at the top of the Search filters section on the Navigation+ page. Windows needs a restart or sign-out for this change to take effect.
Search filters only match files. Folder tags and ratings are stored on the folder itself, not in a form Windows Search indexes, so a tagged or rated folder won't appear in these filters — even though its overlay still shows when you browse to it. See Can I tag or rate directories? in the FAQ.
