Title: delete categories
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# delete categories

 *  [mjw architects](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjw-architects/)
 * (@mjw-architects)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-categories-2/)
 * Done a search but can not find an answer.
 * I have several categories. In categories the little box appears for all categories
   except one and also this one has no delete next to it. I can delete all the other
   cats but not this one – why? Who can I delete it?

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 *  [do77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/do77/)
 * (@do77)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-categories-2/#post-1344197)
 * You **can’t** delete this category (probably ‘Uncategorized’) because WordPress
   needs at least one category to work. However, you can change its name to whatever
   you want if you like.
 *  Thread Starter [mjw architects](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjw-architects/)
 * (@mjw-architects)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-categories-2/#post-1344419)
 * Thanks.
 * I will give that ago

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [mjw architects](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjw-architects/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/delete-categories-2/#post-1344419)
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