# Cannot delete category due to 500 error **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963 **Category:** Support **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963 "2020-05-19T16:47:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Heather\_Phillips](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heather_phillips/32/151426_2.png) [@Heather\_Phillips](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Phillips) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/1 "2020-05-19T16:47:53Z")
I’m having issues deleting a few categories. I’ve moved all topics associated with these categories (except the About this category topic) to other categories. I tried moving the replies to the “About this category” topic to another topic. I can’t seem to move these topics (about this category topic) to another category. When I try to delete the category I get a 500 error at the top of the category edit window. What am I missing? ![Screen Shot 2020-05-19 at 12.43.34 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/8/0871c95de0553dc2be061341b10d8f9c6b618a44.png) ---
### Author: ![Thomas\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomas_g/32/200158_2.png) [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/2 "2020-05-19T17:17:56Z")
Hello! Your issue sounds similar to the one below: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-a-category-because-of-about-category-topic/84310](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-a-category-because-of-about-category-topic/84310) ---
### Author: ![Heather\_Phillips](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heather_phillips/32/151426_2.png) [@Heather\_Phillips](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Phillips) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/3 "2020-05-19T17:33:39Z")
Thanks @Thomas_G. Very similar though not sure if she was getting the 500 error. It looks like that specific thread never got solved, and the one that got split off doesn’t apply. I never turned any of the replies or topics into PMs. ---
### Author: ![Thomas\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomas_g/32/200158_2.png) [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/4 "2020-05-19T17:41:22Z")
Are you trying to delete the #Uncategorized category? ---
### Author: ![Heather\_Phillips](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heather_phillips/32/151426_2.png) [@Heather\_Phillips](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Phillips) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/5 "2020-05-19T17:49:48Z")
Nope, not trying to delete the Uncategorized category. I turned that off in the Settings. These are other categories we created when we first launched our community that we decided to deprecate during a restructure initiative. ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/6 "2020-05-19T18:24:04Z")
Hi, I have identified the issue, this should be solved in the next 12 hours, I’m assigning this to a specific team member who has been working on it. ---
### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin) #### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/10 "2020-05-20T01:31:34Z")
Hi Heather, I’m deploying a fix for this to your forum, once it’s live I’ll let you know and you should be able to delete the category. ---
### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin) #### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/11 "2020-05-20T05:15:49Z")
Hi Heather, Your site has the latest updates now, please let me know if this category delete still doesn’t work. ---
### Author: ![Heather\_Phillips](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heather_phillips/32/151426_2.png) [@Heather\_Phillips](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Phillips) #### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/12 "2020-05-28T17:27:35Z")
Yes, I was able to delete those categories! Thank you 🙂 ---
### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux) #### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-category-due-to-500-error/151963/13 "2020-05-28T18:24:26Z")