test.yml

tasks:
  - name: add two tags to a resource
    ec2_tag:
      state: present
      resource: “{{ id }}”
      tags:
        foo: bar
        name: test

  #- name: this should remove the foo bar tag
  #  ec2_tag:
  #    state: absent
  #    resource: “{{ id }}”
  #    tags:
  #      foo: bar

  - name: this task would also remove the foo bar tag
    ec2_tag:
      state: present
      resource: “{{ id }}”
      purge_tags: true  # remove any existing tags that are not listed here
      tags:
        name: test