# Cannot delete an empty category with identical slug name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-an-empty-category-with-identical-slug-name/28650>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [May 11, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-an-empty-category-with-identical-slug-name/28650 "2015-05-11T19:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-an-empty-category-with-identical-slug-name/28650/6 "2015-05-11T20:39:27Z")

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You cannot delete the “About the {Category Name} category” topics:  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-about-the-category-topics/26638/2?u=deanmarktaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-about-the-category-topics/26638/2)

Deleting the category though - that’s another question.

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