# Want to delete 'About this Topic'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-to-delete-about-this-topic/112391
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [23 maart 2019 om 01:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-to-delete-about-this-topic/112391 "2019-03-23T01:52:11Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [23 maart 2019 om 15:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/want-to-delete-about-this-topic/112391/9 "2019-03-23T15:06:22Z")

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As described, you cannot delete it, as it would break things.

You can use this code at the rails console to unlist all `about` topics:

```plaintext
cats = Category.all

cats.each do |cat|
  puts "Process #{cat.name} -- #{cat.topic_id}"
  if cat.topic_id.to_i > 0
    t = Topic.find(cat.topic_id)
    t.visible=false
    t.save
  end
end

```

If you want it only for some categories, you’ll need to adjust the code.

If you want it to happen automatically, you’d need a plugin that did something like the above on a regular basis (or, better, got triggered when a new category was created).

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