# 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:** ![Joshua\_Kogan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joshua_kogan/32/127595_2.png) [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\
**Post date:** [9월 14, 2019, 3:04오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-system-created-topic/125781/17 "2019-09-14T15:04:32Z")

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> [@davidkingham](#):
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> `Category.find_by(name: 'Gear').update(topic_count: 0)`

After spending more time on this, I finally got it to work! Thank you!

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