Title: Remove Default Category
Last modified: January 6, 2017

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# Remove Default Category

 *  [ntonyho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ntonyho/)
 * (@ntonyho)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-default-category/)
 * I just ran the importer and realize EVERY post I import has the default category“
   Uncategorized” added to it.
    How can I disable this behavior?

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 *  [dariobiasini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dariobiasini/)
 * (@dariobiasini)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-default-category/#post-8795439)
 * Hello,
    I am having the same issue even though i set the category in the import.
   Seems like the importer is not setting the category at first, the post is then
   being classified as uncategorized (or default category), and only later being
   assigned to the category i set in the import.
 * I am in fact importing on two different wordpress websites and this assignment
   to the default category is only happening on one of them but have not been able
   to figure out what the issue is.
 *  [WpSEOit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpseoit/)
 * (@wpseoit)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-default-category/#post-8947584)
 * Hi,
    we are experiencing the same problem. It depend from something on the server
   or in the WordPress configuration because trying the import in 3 differents WordPress
   4.7 just in one of it not work. When it not work import all the correct categories
   AND ALWAYS the default category.
 * In the other 2 site it import correctly only the Category founded in the xml 
   file.
 * What can we check?
 * Thanks
 * Best regards
    [WpSEO.it](https://hosting.wpseo.it/)

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