# Not able to delete a sub category due to Adblock plugin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684 "2020-12-08T22:44:26Z")
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/1 "2020-12-08T22:44:26Z")
I am setting up a brand new forum and have a **broken, non-viewable sub category** stuck that I **cannot remove because the UI will not load**.
I made a sub-category for the default “Lounge” category.
I then adjusted the default permissions of the “Lounge” category so that it was viewable and usable by “everyone”, not just members with trust level 3.
Now I cannot view or delete the sub category that I had made. I can view the “Lounge” category just fine and post topics, but if I click on its sub category, I just get the spinning wheel icon and it never loads.
Because of this, I cannot delete the subcategory nor can I delete the outermost “Lounge” category.
How can I “force” delete a sub-category? Is there some way to remove it other than the UI given that the UI is broken for me?
If I click the sub-category ("Advertisements) I am left with this forever:
Actually just noticed it works in the Microsoft Edge browser for some reason but not on Chrome
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### Author:  [@anon82467725](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82467725)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/2 "2020-12-09T01:43:56Z")
> [@minipunch](#):
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> Actually just noticed it works in the Microsoft Edge browser for some reason but not on Chrome
The Chromium version of Microsoft Edge? If so, we can presume that it only affects Google Chrome and not all Chromium browsers.
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/3 "2020-12-09T02:50:04Z")
Yeah, I believe it is the “Chromium” version of Edge.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/4 "2020-12-09T16:37:27Z")
Can you post the error you see in your browser console (usually F12)?
It’s highly unusual that Edge would work and Chrome would not.
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/5 "2020-12-11T03:29:55Z")
Kind of weird but it maybe it is my ad blocker plugin or something?
I found out that if I name the channel “Advertisements” it seems to block it from loading
But if I name it anything else, it seems to work as expected, even with the recreated “Lounge” channel.
I can try turning off my ad blocker extension and seeing if that is it or not and post again, just rebuilding now.
And I can try to get the console error as well.
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/6 "2020-12-11T03:38:19Z")
Lol okay, can confirm. It was my Google Chrome “AdBlock” extension and the fact the category is named “Advertisements”.
It also turns out it doesn’t matter if it is just a sub-category or a top level category.
Not sure if this is fixable on your end and if it can be considered a #Contribute > Bug or not lol
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-delete-a-sub-category-due-to-adblock-plugin/172684/7 "2020-12-17T06:24:57Z")