# Help how to delete categories and channels

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ayuda-como-eliminar-categorias-y-canales/384701
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 4, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ayuda-como-eliminar-categorias-y-canales/384701 "2025-10-04T21:15:03Z")
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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ayuda-como-eliminar-categorias-y-canales/384701/2 "2025-10-04T21:52:33Z")

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Hello,

As an admin, you can go into the category settings

 ![CleanShot 2025-10-04 at 15.50.09@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/a/3/3a37096b41df84e096afcfdc99f2126c3761bcce.png)

And then scroll down to find the delete action:

 ![CleanShot 2025-10-04 at 15.50.34@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/6/8/368f5ea8515f0f3a46158874e0f6062511f8c883.png)

This works for any category, including the default ones.

_(If you have chat enabled, you also need to first delete and chat channels that belong to this category. If the category has topics, you need to delete all of those too, or move them)_

Can I ask what the usecase is for wanting to delete these categories? If you don’t like their name or icon, you could also just change that.

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