The present application discloses methods and apparatuses for tag management. In an example method, a first mobility management function receives a registration request message sent by an access network device. The registration request message requests to register a tag in a core network. The first mobility management function obtains identification information of a second mobility management function from a unified data management function based on the registration request message. The second mobility management function stores context information of the tag. The first mobility management function obtains the context information of the tag from the second mobility management function.