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Obsidian11/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Here is a list of factual differences between the two: Links auto-refactor by default, and tags do not In other words: you can achieve nearly all the same functionality with either tags or links… the differences are almost entirely a matter of convenience!īut tags and links aren’t exactly the same, either, and those matters of convenience can become significant over time. The two ideas are so similar that there is almost always a way to make tags or links work mostly like the other. You can’t go very wrong in whichever path you choose.You don’t actually have to choose between tags and links for organization! They’re complimentary, and we’ll go over why in the next sections. ![]() Every tag is also a node, just with no file behind it! You can see this within the graph view by turning on “Tags” under the “Filters” option! In Obsidian, a tag is: “A connection from a note to an idea”.Įvery note in your vault is a “node”, as you see when you open the graph view. What Obsidian calls a link can be defined as: “A connection from one note to another note”. In Obsidian, tags are actually a kind of link! Tags and Links Aren’t Actually That Different We will lay out the facts regarding how tags and links work, so you can make the decision that suits you best. The reality is, there isn’t one single answer to this question, but this article is intended to help you understand why one or the other might be better for your situation. Hello! Wondering about the nature of tags or links in Obsidian is very common! However, I hope this document will continue to be updated (here or elsewhere) with the input of the whole community, so if I have missed relevant differences between links and tags (or made other errors), please call them out in the thread so I can update this! Should I Use Tags Or Links? But also, sometimes, the questioner just disappears, and I find myself wondering if they’ve given up over what might well appear to be a non-answer.Įither way, it seems to me like it might be beneficial for us to have a standard response to this question, so I’ve tried to build one. Of course, this being the community it is, those are usually followed by helpful people digging into the specifics of the situation. The prevailing answer seems to be “Well, it depends on what you want to do” or “There’s no correct answer”. The question “should I use tags or links” is asked regularly in the Obsidian discord. ![]()
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