diff --git a/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/Tagger.tsx b/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/Tagger.tsx
index 2850206d9aa..667bacc4e0f 100644
--- a/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/Tagger.tsx
+++ b/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/Tagger.tsx
@@ -348,7 +348,11 @@ const useTagCallback = (
           fos.isOrderedDynamicGroup
         );
 
-        const slices = await snapshot.getPromise(fos.currentSlices(modal));
+        const mode = await snapshot.getPromise(groupStatistics(modal));
+        const currentSlices = await snapshot.getPromise(
+          fos.currentSlices(modal)
+        );
+        const slices = await snapshot.getPromise(fos.groupSlices);
         const { samples } = await getFetchFunction()("POST", "/tag", {
           ...tagParameters({
             activeFields: await snapshot.getPromise(
@@ -363,9 +367,10 @@ const useTagCallback = (
               isGroup && !isNonNestedDynamicGroup
                 ? {
                     id: modal ? await snapshot.getPromise(groupId) : null,
-                    slices,
+                    mode,
+                    currentSlices,
                     slice: await snapshot.getPromise(fos.groupSlice),
-                    mode: await snapshot.getPromise(groupStatistics(modal)),
+                    slices,
                   }
                 : null,
             modal,
diff --git a/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/utils.tsx b/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/utils.tsx
index 6a29ec2d4ad..82d2284b6de 100644
--- a/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/utils.tsx
+++ b/app/packages/core/src/components/Actions/utils.tsx
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ export const tagStatistics = selectorFamily<
             get(isGroup) && get(fos.groupField)
               ? {
                   id: modal ? get(groupId) : null,
-                  slices: get(fos.currentSlices(modal)),
-                  slice: get(fos.currentSlice(modal)),
+                  currentSlices: get(fos.currentSlices(modal)),
                   mode: get(groupStatistics(modal)),
+                  slice: get(fos.currentSlice(modal)),
+                  slices: get(fos.groupSlices),
                 }
               : null,
           hiddenLabels: get(fos.hiddenLabelsArray),
@@ -131,18 +132,7 @@ export const tagStats = selectorFamily<
   get:
     ({ modal, labels }) =>
     ({ get }) => {
-      const data = Object.keys(
-        get(
-          labels
-            ? fos.labelTagCounts({ modal: false, extended: false })
-            : fos.sampleTagCounts({ modal: false, extended: false })
-        )
-      ).map((t) => [t, 0]);
-
-      return {
-        ...Object.fromEntries(data),
-        ...get(tagStatistics({ modal, labels })).tags,
-      };
+      return get(tagStatistics({ modal, labels })).tags;
     },
 });
 
@@ -166,6 +156,7 @@ export const tagParameters = ({
   activeFields: string[];
   groupData: {
     id: string | null;
+    currentSlices: string[] | null;
     slice: string | null;
     slices: string[] | null;
     mode: "group" | "slice";
@@ -174,8 +165,11 @@ export const tagParameters = ({
   sampleId: string | null;
 }) => {
   const shouldShowCurrentSample =
-    params.modal && selectedSamples.size == 0 && hiddenLabels.length == 0;
+    params.modal && selectedSamples.size === 0 && hiddenLabels.length === 0;
   const groups = groupData?.mode === "group";
+  if (groupData && !groups) {
+    groupData.slices = groupData.currentSlices;
+  }
 
   const getSampleIds = () => {
     if (shouldShowCurrentSample && !groups) {
@@ -186,9 +180,11 @@ export const tagParameters = ({
         return [...new Set(selectedLabels.map((l) => l.sampleId))];
       }
       return [sampleId];
-    } else if (selectedSamples.size) {
+    }
+    if (selectedSamples.size) {
       return [...selectedSamples];
     }
+
     return null;
   };
 
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ export const tagParameters = ({
     ...params,
     label_fields: activeFields,
     target_labels: targetLabels,
-    slices: !groups ? groupData?.slices : null,
+    slices: groupData?.slices,
     slice: groupData?.slice,
     group_id: params.modal ? groupData?.id : null,
     sample_ids: getSampleIds(),
diff --git a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/aggregations.ts b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/aggregations.ts
index 77de88fdb68..86befde765a 100644
--- a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/aggregations.ts
+++ b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/aggregations.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ import { graphQLSelectorFamily } from "recoil-relay";
 import type { ResponseFrom } from "../utils";
 import { refresher } from "./atoms";
 import * as filterAtoms from "./filters";
-import { currentSlices, groupId, groupSlice, groupStatistics } from "./groups";
+import {
+  currentSlices,
+  groupId,
+  groupSlice,
+  groupSlices,
+  groupStatistics,
+} from "./groups";
 import { sidebarSampleId } from "./modal";
 import { RelayEnvironmentKey } from "./relay";
 import * as schemaAtoms from "./schema";
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ export const aggregationQuery = graphQLSelectorFamily<
         paths,
         mixed,
         sampleIds,
-        slices: mixed ? null : get(currentSlices(modal)), // when mixed, slice is not needed
+        slices: mixed ? get(groupSlices) : get(currentSlices(modal)),
         slice: get(groupSlice),
         view: customView ? customView : !root ? get(viewAtoms.view) : [],
       };
@@ -150,15 +156,22 @@ export const modalAggregationPaths = selectorFamily({
       const isFramesPath = frames.some((p) => params.path.startsWith(p));
       let paths = isFramesPath
         ? frames
-        : get(schemaAtoms.labelFields({ space: State.SPACE.SAMPLE })).map(
-            (path) => get(schemaAtoms.expandPath(path))
-          );
+        : [
+            ...get(schemaAtoms.labelFields({ space: State.SPACE.SAMPLE })).map(
+              (path) => get(schemaAtoms.expandPath(path))
+            ),
+          ];
 
       paths = paths
         .sort()
         .flatMap((p) => get(schemaAtoms.modalFilterFields(p)));
 
       const numeric = get(schemaAtoms.isNumericField(params.path));
+      if (!isFramesPath && !numeric) {
+        // the modal currently requires a 'tags' aggregation
+        paths = ["tags", ...paths];
+      }
+
       if (params.mixed || get(groupId)) {
         paths = [
           ...paths.filter((p) => {
@@ -166,11 +179,6 @@ export const modalAggregationPaths = selectorFamily({
             return numeric ? n : !n;
           }),
         ];
-
-        if (!numeric && !isFramesPath) {
-          // the modal currently requires a 'tags' aggregation
-          paths = ["tags", ...paths];
-        }
       }
 
       return paths;
diff --git a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/modal.ts b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/modal.ts
index 6fca56f44b8..7635c3f0070 100644
--- a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/modal.ts
+++ b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/modal.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const modalLooker = atom<Lookers | null>({
   dangerouslyAllowMutability: true,
 });
 
-export const sidebarSampleId = selector({
+export const sidebarSampleId = selector<null | string>({
   key: "sidebarSampleId",
   get: ({ get }) => {
     if (get(shouldRenderImaVidLooker(true))) {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const sidebarSampleId = selector({
 
       if (!isPlaying && !isSeeking && thisFrameNumber && sample) {
         // is the type incorrect? fix me
-        const id = sample?.id || sample?._id || sample?.sample?._id;
+        const id = sample?.id || sample?._id || (sample?.sample?._id as string);
         if (id) {
           return id;
         }
diff --git a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/pathData/tags.ts b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/pathData/tags.ts
index 5eb6005e586..b955395a6c2 100644
--- a/app/packages/state/src/recoil/pathData/tags.ts
+++ b/app/packages/state/src/recoil/pathData/tags.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { selectorFamily } from "recoil";
 import { aggregation } from "../aggregations";
+import { groupStatistics } from "../groups";
 import * as schemaAtoms from "../schema";
 
 export const labelTagCounts = selectorFamily<
@@ -11,7 +12,14 @@ export const labelTagCounts = selectorFamily<
     ({ modal, extended }) =>
     ({ get }) => {
       const data = get(schemaAtoms.labelPaths({})).map((path) =>
-        get(aggregation({ extended, modal, path: `${path}.tags`, mixed: true }))
+        get(
+          aggregation({
+            extended,
+            modal,
+            path: `${path}.tags`,
+            mixed: get(groupStatistics(modal)) === "group",
+          })
+        )
       );
 
       const result = {};
@@ -45,7 +53,13 @@ export const sampleTagCounts = selectorFamily<
   get:
     (params) =>
     ({ get }) => {
-      const data = get(aggregation({ ...params, path: "tags" }));
+      const data = get(
+        aggregation({
+          ...params,
+          path: "tags",
+          mixed: get(groupStatistics(params.modal)) === "group",
+        })
+      );
       if (data.__typename !== "StringAggregation") {
         throw new Error("unexpected");
       }
diff --git a/fiftyone/server/aggregations.py b/fiftyone/server/aggregations.py
index 7d41893f776..56dcd0c9645 100644
--- a/fiftyone/server/aggregations.py
+++ b/fiftyone/server/aggregations.py
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ async def aggregate_resolver(
     if form.sample_ids:
         view = fov.make_optimized_select_view(view, form.sample_ids)
 
-    if form.mixed and view.media_type == fom.GROUP and view.group_slices:
-        view = view.select_group_slices(_force_mixed=True)
-        view = fosv.get_extended_view(view, form.filters)
-
     if form.hidden_labels:
         view = view.exclude_labels(
             [