# How to disenable automatic create post when add new category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291 "2022-11-21T15:13:58Z")
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### Author: ![boxaltcoin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@boxaltcoin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boxaltcoin)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291/1 "2022-11-21T15:13:59Z")

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Hi,  
How to dis-enable automatic create post when add new category?  
When I’m add new category name: News & Announcements  
Inside this category has post  
**About the News & Announcements category**  
And I cannot delete this post  
Please help  
Thank you

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disenable-automatic-create-post-when-add-new-category/246291/2 "2022-11-21T15:21:49Z")

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> [@Deleting "About xxx Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-about-xxx-category/145735/3):
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> 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.