diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_tagging.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_tagging.go
index 1da7ff50f..da6ecc638 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_tagging.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_tagging.go
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) DeleteTaggingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	// parse out tags to be deleted
 	toDelete := strings.Split(r.URL.Query().Get("tagging"), ",")
 	deletions := make(map[string]struct{})
-	for _, deletion := range toDelete {
-		deletions[deletion] = struct{}{}
+	if !(len(toDelete) == 1 && toDelete[0] == "") {
+		for _, deletion := range toDelete {
+			deletions[deletion] = struct{}{}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// delete all tags or specific tags