We’ll look at how to delete categories in WordPress in this tutorial.
The steps to remove categories in WordPress are as follows.
Step (1) − Click on Posts → Categories in WordPress.
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Step (2) − You can delete Category1 (Category1 was created in the post WordPress – Add Category).When the cursor is hovered over a Category, a menu of options appears below the Category name. As indicated in the following screen, click the Delete button.
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When you click remove, a pop-up window will appear, asking for consent to delete the selected category, as shown in the screenshot below.
![](http://i0.wp.com/scaz.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/wordpress-delete-category-step3.jpg)
You can delete the category permanently by clicking the OK button.