# Cannot delete system created topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [8월 14, 2019, 2:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781 "2019-08-14T14:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidkingham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidkingham/32/119528_2.png) [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Post date:** [8월 17, 2019, 7:09오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781/13 "2019-08-17T19:09:59Z")

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I was able to reset the topic count using

> `Category.find_by(name: 'Gear').update(topic_count: 0)`

And then was able to delete the category, thanks David!

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