Title: Cannot Delete Category
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cannot Delete Category

 *  [jefft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefft/)
 * (@jefft)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-category/)
 * And no, it is NOT the default.

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 *  Thread Starter [jefft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefft/)
 * (@jefft)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-category/#post-424291)
 * I guess more information might be helpful…the popup warning comes up, and then
   it displays “Processing Data…” but does nothing!
 *  [olpa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olpa/)
 * (@olpa)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-category/#post-424689)
 * I recently encountered the same problem.
 * But i found a way ard it by editing the category and then emptying the category
   slug entry.
 * The category can be deleted after that (in my case anyway).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [olpa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olpa/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-delete-category/#post-424689)
 * Status: not resolved

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