When deleting a post, it will delete the topic itself too, if there was only 1 post, correct? I have noticed that this does not allow the system topics/posts to be deleted. E.g if i want to delete the about topic for category eg https://howtodiscuss.com/t/about-the-insurance-category/15610 Or may-…

[Bild] Deleting "About xxx Category Support These topics cannot be deleted, no. If you don’t want them, leave the default text (so it isn’t used as a category description) and unlist the topic. Users won’t be able to see them.

@Moin I actually followed your advice and unlisted all of them. But whenever i delete any topics using the above console code i shared, all these about this category topics again get created. Now i have to unlist them again, is there any way to permanently delete these so they don’t get created ag…

Writing those descriptions for example?

[Bild] Faizan Zahid: Now i have to unlist them again, is there any way to permanently delete these so they don’t get created again No, they’re necessary for a category to function, the existing text is placeholder and should always be tailored. You need to write unique category descriptions …

I’m not sure I’m following you. If you unlist them, you don’t have your issue anymore, right? No need to delete them.

When i did unlist them, after some time, they start to show again and get listed automatically, don’t know why. I wanted them to permanently unlist. Is there anyway to permanently unlist these or permanently delete these?

Weird :thinking: Unlisting About topics was advised by @JammyDodger here: [Bild] Delete the inital description topic of a new category Support Hello and welcome @raffoz slightly_smiling_face The ‘About’ topics are special and cannot be deleted without b…

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