diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/app.js b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
index f3dca608a..5cc1fc1a7 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/app.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ export function doAnalyticsTagSync() {
     const state = getState();
     const tags = selectFollowedTagsList(state);
     const stringOfTags = tags.join(',');
-    analytics.apiSyncTags({ content_tags: stringOfTags });
+    if (stringOfTags) {
+      analytics.apiSyncTags({ content_tags: stringOfTags });
+    }
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/tags.js b/ui/redux/actions/tags.js
index fa352dd36..e631a97ac 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/tags.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/tags.js
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ export const doToggleTagFollowDesktop = (name: string) => (dispatch: Dispatch, g
   const state = getState();
   const tags = selectFollowedTagsList(state);
   const stringOfTags = tags.join(',');
-  analytics.apiSyncTags({ content_tags: stringOfTags });
+  if (stringOfTags) {
+    analytics.apiSyncTags({ content_tags: stringOfTags });
+  }
 };