# Show disabled delete button when category can't be deleted

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-disabled-delete-button-when-category-cant-be-deleted/58199
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [1 مارس 2017، 9:23م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-disabled-delete-button-when-category-cant-be-deleted/58199 "2017-03-01T21:23:45Z")
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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: [2 مارس 2017، 1:10ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-disabled-delete-button-when-category-cant-be-deleted/58199/2 "2017-03-02T01:10:47Z")

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Sure that is a little bit cleaner, but is it really justified by the amount of engineering work?

e.g. complaint driven development: how many are actually complaining about this? Oh, I see. [One famous complaint](https://meta.discourse.org/t/organizing-categories-overview-needed/58192). I will accept that as a valid answer 😉

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