# Delete category button is more prominent than Save
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** fixed, categories
**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037 "2026-05-15T08:52:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/1 "2026-05-15T08:52:58Z")
I (almost) accidentally deleted a category that I was editing.
In the new “simplified category creation” screen the DELETE button is directly below the configuration, while the SAVE button appears at the very, very, very bottom of the screen.
My personal opinion is that this is confusing UX
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/2 "2026-06-12T10:27:08Z")
I wonder if `delete category` should even be on every tab…
Maybe this is better restricted to the settings tab only, and in a clear `Danger zone:`
Wdyt @lindsey ?
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### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/3 "2026-06-12T13:33:12Z")
I like that — it does feel odd to have it on every page, and your solution makes sense to me.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/5 "2026-06-12T18:19:47Z")
using the settings tab puts delete behind the “advanced settings” toggle though, would it make more sense on “general” or would that be too prominent?
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### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/6 "2026-06-12T20:02:46Z")
I think that’s okay, as we’re already putting it in a “danger zone” area, but I’m fine with either location.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/7 "2026-06-20T07:38:15Z")
This change is merged in:
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> Previously, the delete-category action lived in a footer shared across all edit-…category tabs, with its "can't delete" reason shown via a separate warning alert and tooltip toggle. It's placement didn't sufficiently communicate the destructive functionality see https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037
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> This change consolidates deletion into a dedicated "Danger zone" section, only present on the settings tab, surfacing the delete button or the forbidden reason inline immediately, removing the superfluous flow of clicking the button to see the warning message.
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> The tabs were also nesting \`form.Section\`, which then had to be solved for it with a \`display-contents\` for some \`edit-category-content\` tabs. As this was redundant, it's been refactored as fas as possible.
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> This commit also:
> \* removed the unused \`category-name-fields\` component
> \* cleaned up all the old category pages CSS that was left over
> \* corrected a few FormKit issues
> \* styled doc categories plugin import to match FormKit section header
> \* removed the old \`edit-category-content\` and only use the new \`edit-category-tab\`
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> | What | BC | AC |
> |--------|--------|--------|
> | Delete category | \
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> | Delete category forbidden | \
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> | Doc Plugin | \
| \
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037/8 "2026-06-20T07:38:32Z")