How to disable tag protection in Trados 2021

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I have TRADOS 2021 and I need help with disabling tag protection. 
 I tried to follow this procedure: 
 https://docs.sdl.com/813470/512775/sdl-trados-studio-2021/enabling-and-disabling-tag-protection 
 I see that the Protect Tags button is active, and I don't know how to deactivate it. Because when I click on it - nothing happens.

Paul · Accepted Answer

Olga Anissimova 
 Olga Anissimova said: It does not really matter what reasons a user might have for needing to delete source file tags. 
 Actually I think it does because users sometimes presume they know better ;-) Often they do of course so I'm not discounting it, but in general the purpose of a CAT is to reproduce the source, not rewrite it. 
 You do have a few solutions though if cleaning the source isn't an option for you? 
 
 open the file for translation 
 copy source to target 
 delete your tags 
 save the target 
 translate that file 
 
 Advantage being you'll find out before you do a load of work whether the tags were needed or not. 
 You could also try using this tool from the appstore: 
 https://appstore.sdl.com/language/app/cleanup-tasks/963/ 
 That will allow you to identify the types of tags you don't need and remove across the entire file in one go.

Paul · Answer

Olga Anissimova 
 Olga Anissimova said: It does not allow me to delete any tags in any source texts. 
 ok - that's an important piece of information. You cannot edit source tag at all. If this is your problem I think you need to check a couple of things: 
 
 what tags are they? If it's a PDF poorly prepared then you should consider looking at the source file and prepare it properly prior to translation. If it's not a PDF why do you want to remove them? They may be necessary for the target as well. 
 notwithstanding the above, if you think of your TM as a database for things you've translated before as well as an important linguistic asset, then it makes sesne not to remove them anyway. If you get the same file again in the future and you'd removed the tags then you'll have to go through the same process all over again, whereas you'd just get a 100% match if you left them.

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How to disable tag protection in Trados 2021

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