Title: Remove Category
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Remove Category

 *  [tguerrero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tguerrero/)
 * (@tguerrero)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-category/)
 * I no longer want to use a category name (no blog posts are associated with it),
   but its still showing up in my Category widget as a category that can be selected.
   How can I permanently remove it so it no longer appears?

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 *  [ammar7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammar7/)
 * (@ammar7)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-category/#post-5919068)
 * .category
    { display:none; }
 * apply this in custom css portion in theme option

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