# Remove/disable Category Definitions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-disable-category-definitions/118970>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 29, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-disable-category-definitions/118970 "2019-05-29T09:48:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-disable-category-definitions/118970/7 "2019-05-29T15:18:46Z")

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Did not know that. Is it possible to recover them now? We’ve flagged/deleted everything. Had no idea that could cause issues.

As I’ve mentioned, it’s a general forum and we do need all these subcategories, tags don’t work for us. Any suggestions?

Update: So, a team member suggested adding general rules to these descriptions. My question is. Is there a way to recover all deleted ones or shall I create new categories and move existic topics there, then delete the “broken ones”?

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