Protected Tags allow control over who has permission to create tags as well as preventing accidental update or deletion once created. Each rule allows you to match either an individual tag name, or use wildcards to control multiple tags at once.
This feature evolved out of [Protected Branches](protected_branches.md)
Protected tags will prevent anyone from updating or deleting the tag, as and will prevent creation of matching tags based on the permissions you have selected. By default, anyone without Maintainer permission will be prevented from creating tags.
1. From the **Tag** dropdown menu, select the tag you want to protect or type and click `Create wildcard`. In the screenshot below, we chose to protect all tags matching `v*`.