# 删除子类别
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2019年四月23日 16:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738 "2019-04-23T16:49:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)
#### Post date: [2019年四月23日 16:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738/1 "2019-04-23T16:49:46Z")
I’ve moved all topics from an old category with subcategories, to a new category without subcategories. I want to delete the old (now empty) category. But it won’t delete because the subcategories are still present, and I don’t see an obvious way to delete the subcategories. What am I missing? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [2019年四月23日 17:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738/2 "2019-04-23T17:00:04Z")
Before you can delete the parent category, you need to delete its subcategories. If you open the edit modal window for one of the subcategories, you should see a ‘Delete Category’ button. Try clicking that button. If the subcategory can’t be deleted, you should see a message that tells you why it can’t be deleted. Follow the instructions in that message and then try deleting the subcategory again.
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### Author:  [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)
#### Post date: [2019年四月23日 17:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738/3 "2019-04-23T17:06:20Z")
Got it. Didn’t realize I needed to delete each one (more than 30!) individually. All done successfully. Thanks again!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2019年五月23日 17:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-subcategories/115738/4 "2019-05-23T17:14:44Z")
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