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Engine Class
CollectionService
Not Creatable
Service

Summary
Inherited Members

API Reference
Methods
AddTag
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:AddTag(
instance:Instance, tag:string
):()
Parameters
instance:Instance
tag:string
Returns
()

GetAllTags
Write Parallel
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:GetAllTags():{any}
Returns

GetCollection
Deprecated

GetInstanceAddedSignal
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal(tag:string):RBXScriptSignal
Parameters
tag:string
Code Samples
Deadly Bricks using CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local tag = "Deadly"
local function onDeadlyPartTouched(otherPart)
if not otherPart.Parent then
return
end
local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.Health = 0
end
end
-- Save the connections so they can be disconnected when the tag is removed
local connections = {}
local function onInstanceAdded(object)
-- Confirm that the object with this tag is a BasePart
if object:IsA("BasePart") then
connections[object] = object.Touched:Connect(onDeadlyPartTouched)
end
end
local function onInstanceRemoved(object)
-- If there is a stored connection on this object, disconnect/remove it
if connections[object] then
connections[object]:Disconnect()
connections[object] = nil
end
end
-- Listen for this tag being applied to objects
CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceAdded)
CollectionService:GetInstanceRemovedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceRemoved)
-- Also detect any objects that already have the tag
for _, object in pairs(CollectionService:GetTagged(tag)) do
onInstanceAdded(object)
end

GetInstanceRemovedSignal
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:GetInstanceRemovedSignal(tag:string):RBXScriptSignal
Parameters
tag:string
Code Samples
Deadly Bricks using CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local tag = "Deadly"
local function onDeadlyPartTouched(otherPart)
if not otherPart.Parent then
return
end
local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.Health = 0
end
end
-- Save the connections so they can be disconnected when the tag is removed
local connections = {}
local function onInstanceAdded(object)
-- Confirm that the object with this tag is a BasePart
if object:IsA("BasePart") then
connections[object] = object.Touched:Connect(onDeadlyPartTouched)
end
end
local function onInstanceRemoved(object)
-- If there is a stored connection on this object, disconnect/remove it
if connections[object] then
connections[object]:Disconnect()
connections[object] = nil
end
end
-- Listen for this tag being applied to objects
CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceAdded)
CollectionService:GetInstanceRemovedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceRemoved)
-- Also detect any objects that already have the tag
for _, object in pairs(CollectionService:GetTagged(tag)) do
onInstanceAdded(object)
end

GetTagged
Write Parallel
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:GetTagged(tag:string):Instances
Parameters
tag:string
Returns
Instances
Code Samples
Deadly Bricks using CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local tag = "Deadly"
local function onDeadlyPartTouched(otherPart)
if not otherPart.Parent then
return
end
local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
humanoid.Health = 0
end
end
-- Save the connections so they can be disconnected when the tag is removed
local connections = {}
local function onInstanceAdded(object)
-- Confirm that the object with this tag is a BasePart
if object:IsA("BasePart") then
connections[object] = object.Touched:Connect(onDeadlyPartTouched)
end
end
local function onInstanceRemoved(object)
-- If there is a stored connection on this object, disconnect/remove it
if connections[object] then
connections[object]:Disconnect()
connections[object] = nil
end
end
-- Listen for this tag being applied to objects
CollectionService:GetInstanceAddedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceAdded)
CollectionService:GetInstanceRemovedSignal(tag):Connect(onInstanceRemoved)
-- Also detect any objects that already have the tag
for _, object in pairs(CollectionService:GetTagged(tag)) do
onInstanceAdded(object)
end

GetTags
Write Parallel
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:GetTags(instance:Instance):{any}
Parameters
instance:Instance
Returns
Code Samples
Using Tags and CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local object = Workspace.Part
-- Add a tag
CollectionService:AddTag(object, "Deadly")
-- Query for a tag
if CollectionService:HasTag(object, "Deadly") then
print(object:GetFullName() .. " is deadly")
end
-- List tags on an object
local tags = CollectionService:GetTags(object)
print("The object " .. object:GetFullName() .. " has tags: " .. table.concat(tags, ", "))
-- Remove a tag
CollectionService:RemoveTag(object, "Deadly")

HasTag
Write Parallel
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:HasTag(
instance:Instance, tag:string
Parameters
instance:Instance
tag:string
Returns
Code Samples
Using Tags and CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local object = Workspace.Part
-- Add a tag
CollectionService:AddTag(object, "Deadly")
-- Query for a tag
if CollectionService:HasTag(object, "Deadly") then
print(object:GetFullName() .. " is deadly")
end
-- List tags on an object
local tags = CollectionService:GetTags(object)
print("The object " .. object:GetFullName() .. " has tags: " .. table.concat(tags, ", "))
-- Remove a tag
CollectionService:RemoveTag(object, "Deadly")

RemoveTag
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService:RemoveTag(
instance:Instance, tag:string
):()
Parameters
instance:Instance
tag:string
Returns
()
Code Samples
Using Tags and CollectionService
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local object = Workspace.Part
-- Add a tag
CollectionService:AddTag(object, "Deadly")
-- Query for a tag
if CollectionService:HasTag(object, "Deadly") then
print(object:GetFullName() .. " is deadly")
end
-- List tags on an object
local tags = CollectionService:GetTags(object)
print("The object " .. object:GetFullName() .. " has tags: " .. table.concat(tags, ", "))
-- Remove a tag
CollectionService:RemoveTag(object, "Deadly")

Events
ItemAdded
Deprecated

ItemRemoved
Deprecated

TagAdded
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService.TagAdded(tag:string):RBXScriptSignal
Parameters
tag:string

TagRemoved
Capabilities: Basic
CollectionService.TagRemoved(tag:string):RBXScriptSignal
Parameters
tag:string

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