# Cannot delete or edit categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-or-edit-categories/212415
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-or-edit-categories/212415 "2021-12-17T08:30:54Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-or-edit-categories/212415/4 "2021-12-17T14:10:04Z")

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Someone else just had a very similar issue, and it was suggested to change this setting:

> [@Why is there a category that I can't modify](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-category-that-i-cant-modify/212445/9):
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> Indeed https://your.domain/admin/site\_settings/category/all\_results?filter=slug%20generation, it should be set to encoded

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