CellTags
Details

- Cell tags are typically used to allow searching for cells.
- The tags are usually strings.
- Cell tags are displayed when ShowCellTags->True is set.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Create a cell with a cell tag:

Find the tagged cell and read its cell expression:
Make cell tags visible with ShowCellTags->True:
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), CellTags, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellTags.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "CellTags." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellTags.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). CellTags. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellTags.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_celltags, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CellTags}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellTags.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_celltags, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CellTags}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellTags.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}