# How to delete default-pinned topics in categories
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 3, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124 "2017-01-03T22:37:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/1 "2017-01-03T22:37:33Z")
Hey guys,
I noticed whenever I create a category or subcategory, there will be a default post which is pinned in that category or subcategory.
How can I delete them?
Is there any way to delete or hide them?
I need to delete all the auto-created posts for some specific sub-categories.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/2 "2017-01-03T22:52:17Z")
They host the description of the category that will be used on the category selector, on the new topic composer.
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### Author:  [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/3 "2017-01-03T22:54:12Z")
This is what I do in order :
- Unpin topic
- Close topic
- Make Unlisted
The description will work. And unless they have the direct link of the topic, no one will see it.
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### Author:  [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/4 "2017-01-03T22:55:10Z")
Thanks.
This did it for me.
Do search engines see the content of these pages?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/5 "2017-01-03T23:06:33Z")
> [@Arta\_S](#):
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> Do search engines see the content of these pages?
If you unlist it, no, they do not. Unlisted topics are hidden from search engines.
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### Author:  [@Arta\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arta_S)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/6 "2017-01-03T23:07:19Z")
Nice and tidy.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/7 "2019-04-16T10:06:51Z")
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-default-pinned-topics-in-categories/55124/8 "2019-04-24T17:43:17Z")