The new Tags and Product Type dropdown is really slowing us down

Shopify Discussion
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After the recent update, the Product Type and Tags fields were changed from simple text input to a dropdown selection.

Before, we could type or paste values directly, which made managing products fast and efficient. Now we have to select items one by one from a list, and that takes much longer — especially when working with large catalogs.

For stores with hundreds or thousands of products, tags are part of daily workflow. We use them for collections, search, filtering, and general organization. The new interface makes routine tasks noticeably slower.

It would be really helpful if Shopify could either:

  • Bring back the text input option, or

  • Allow both typing/pasting and dropdown selection

That flexibility would make a big difference for merchants who manage large numbers of products every day.

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Hey @laoshuaige1995

Yeah that’s one thing I noticed too because for people who were adding tags in a larger quantity are complaining about it as well.

Although Shopify still has the option to add tags in bulk in your products so if I was at your shoe, I would do the same thing as well.

Best,
Moeed

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Hey @laoshuaige1995

Totally agree — the new dropdown makes things slower, especially for large catalogs.

One small workaround that might help: you can still add multiple tags at once by typing them as a comma-separated list.

Example:
tag1, tag2, tag3

It’s not as fast as the old method, but it does save some time compared to picking tags one by one.

Hopefully Shopify brings back a more flexible option soon :crossed_fingers:

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Hello @laoshuaige1995

One practical workaround is to bypass the dropdown via bulk tools in Shopify. For large catalogs, the bulk editor and the CSV import/export remain the fastest ways to mass update product tags and types. Export products, edit tags in a spreadsheet then import to update thousands of products. Matrixify, and others, allow for scheduled bulk edits, and a more flexible tag management, without play like you have to do with manual clicking. Yes, this allows the high volume workflows to run fast and keep the data consistent, and it also drastically reduces the time spent on repetitive admin work on the average, if not more so, especially for rapidly growing stores.