# Ok to delete default categories?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [12월 14, 2015, 3:53오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672 "2015-12-14T03:53:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@platinum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/platinum)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 3:53오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/1 "2015-12-14T03:53:27Z")
Just wondering, if we delete any of the default categories, such as Lounge, Site Feedback, etc., will it break anything? Is there anything in the discourse core that is hard-coded to attach to these pre-defined categories? Thanks in advance for any replies!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 5:26오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/2 "2015-12-14T05:26:53Z")
Deleting them is totally safe, mucking with Lounge permissions is definitely not.
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### Author:  [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 7:57오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/3 "2015-12-14T07:57:44Z")
On that note: Why are lounge/staff category permissions a separate thing? Can’t they be recreated with the “regular” permissions settings?
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### Author:  [@platinum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/platinum)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 9:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/4 "2015-12-14T09:11:36Z")
Ok, so Lounge is a built-in category? Should we not delete it?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 9:12오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/5 "2015-12-14T09:12:38Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Deleting them is totally safe
As stated above, will repeat if it helps.
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### Author:  [@platinum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/platinum)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 9:13오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/6 "2015-12-14T09:13:44Z")
Oops. Sorry. Got it…I guess what I meant to ask is, if we delete the Lounge, what category do the lounge permissions associate with after it is deleted?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [12월 14, 2015, 11:10오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/7 "2015-12-14T11:10:09Z")
It won’t associate its permissions to anything. It is smart enough to recognize the pre-defined category doesn’t exist. You can create your own louge style category by giving permission to TL 3 only for Create/View/Reply