# Ok to delete default categories?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [December 14, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672 "2015-12-14T03:53:27Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ok-to-delete-default-categories/36672/2 "2015-12-14T05:26:53Z")

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Deleting them is totally safe, mucking with Lounge permissions is definitely not.

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