Hello I am trying to use the API endpoint to delete topics. I can delete “normal” topics but I ran into the problem that the default topic can not be deleted. The one called “About the ________ category” {{baseUrl}}/t/{{id}}.json Here are my questions: How can I delete this topic using the API? …

Can you share why you want to remove these topics? Those are special topics that can’t and aren’t meant to be deleted. If your goal is to delete all the topics and then delete the category, you can delete the category without deleting the About topic. When people want to get rid of the About topic…

Can't delete the default topic of a category

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Lilly (Lillian ) August 11, 2023, 6:01pm 2

you can set the category description topics to “unlisted”. i do that to all of mine. i suspect you can identify the unlisted topics via the api?

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Can't delete the default topic of a category

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