# Hiding/deleting topic "about the xxx category"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-deleting-topic-about-the-xxx-category/72530>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [21.Октябрь.2017 11:51:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-deleting-topic-about-the-xxx-category/72530 "2017-10-21T11:51:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [21.Октябрь.2017 11:51:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-deleting-topic-about-the-xxx-category/72530/1 "2017-10-21T11:51:24Z")

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Hi all,

I was trying to delete the topic “about the xxx category” because I have some categories that don’t need description.

Thanks to codinghorror and schungx i realised that it cannot be deleted but just hidden away from users which is not my ideal but it does work and allows for future use.

When trying to delete it even asks for confirmation of deletion but it does nothing, the topic just remains selected.

Wouldn’t be more user friendly if:

- it’d say “you cannot delete this topic” or “this topic is linked to the description of your category and cannot be deleted”

- allow deletion if description not added when creating category or simply Admin wants to delete it.

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