Title: Problems deselecting a category when editing posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems deselecting a category when editing posts

 *  [jstr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jstr/)
 * (@jstr)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-deselecting-a-category-when-editing-posts/)
 * Hi,
 * When publishing a couple of posts I assigned them to a category, e.g. “Stories”.
 * Later I decided I did not want them to be assigned to that category, so I go 
   to the post edit screen for one of the posts, deselect “Stories” from the category
   list, and update the post.
 * However, after updating completed, the post remained assigned to the “Stories”
   category.
 * How can I remove a post from a category?
 * This does not work for me using the normal edit, quick edit or bulk edit methods.
 * Thanks in advance,
    James

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-deselecting-a-category-when-editing-posts/#post-1392512)
 * Remember to press CTRL and F5 simultaneously when viewing an updated page/site.
   Or try emptying your browser cache. This should ensure that your web browser 
   fetches a fresh copy of the page rather than serving up an out-dated copy from
   your own cache.
 *  Thread Starter [jstr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jstr/)
 * (@jstr)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-deselecting-a-category-when-editing-posts/#post-1392627)
 * Still no dice. I have un-checked the category in the editor, hit update, then
   cleared the cache and rechecked the editor and the category page – the post is
   still assigned to the category as it was before editing.
 * Any ideas?
 * I have tried multiple different browsers.
 * James
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-deselecting-a-category-when-editing-posts/#post-1392670)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress?

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 * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/)
 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-deselecting-a-category-when-editing-posts/#post-1392670)
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