# Cannot delete system created topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781 "2019-08-14T14:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781/11 "2019-08-14T16:11:09Z")

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Can you try updating the category counters, and see if that helps.

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rails c
Category.ensure_consistency!

```

And then try deleting the category again

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