Is this possible to remove a moderator status tag if I change my question?

Question

I asked this question here on MSE a while ago, as a feature-request, which later got rejected by a moderator. After doing edits to most of my questions, I thought it would be a good idea to change the original tag into a support tag and to delete the status-declined tag too.

However, when I went to edit the tags, it showed this error:

That basically meant I wasn't able to remove the moderator tag, and I had to add it back, even though I switched the whole topic of the question and all of the other tags.

How can I remove a moderator tag, do I have to ask a moderator to remove it?

Answer 1

… wasn't able to remove the moderator tag … even though I switched the whole topic of the question

If you are completely changing the subject of your question, you should just ask a new question. Once a question has been asked and answered, it's a bit odd (and perhaps inappropriate) to try and change it to something else in-place.

Moderator tags, as their name suggests, are for moderators only. You cannot add or remove any moderator tags on any questions. But if you do have a valid reason to have a moderator tag removed, flag it for moderator attention and select the option "in need of moderator intervention" to explain the situation.