# Error moving sub category to top level with duplicate name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-moving-sub-category-to-top-level-with-duplicate-name/31614>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [July 31, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-moving-sub-category-to-top-level-with-duplicate-name/31614 "2015-07-31T16:21:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon21958287](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-moving-sub-category-to-top-level-with-duplicate-name/31614/3 "2015-08-01T00:00:43Z")

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Click the “Edit” button on a category page. There’s a dropdown for “Parent Category.” I selected “no parent.”

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