Overlapping labels in Tableau graphs and in Scatterplot and packed bubbles Moving Overlapping Labels How to stop labels from overlapping one another when Allow labels to overlap other marks is selected. Environment. Tableau Desktop. Resolution. Manually adjust the position of the mark label . ... Cause. When allowing labels to overlap other marks, labels may also overlap one another. To solve this Manually adjust the position of the mark label by selecting each of the label See the steps below: