Do you want to know to delete uncategorized in WordPress? But you are not getting the option to select it and delete it from your category page. It is possible because Uncategorized is your default category.
And you can not delete it without setting another category as the default category. Maybe you have noticed that whenever you write a post in WordPress, it automatically selects Uncategorized.
if you don’t want to show any post in Uncategorized then better you should delete this category. Because maybe sometimes, you forget to select a category while writing the post. And your post will go uncategoriezed.
You can create a new category and select it as your default category. So, in case you forget to select a category while writing a post, your new default category selected automatically.
Let’s understand, how you can delete uncategorized in WordPress.
Delete Uncategorized in WordPress
First of all login to your WordPress dashboard and click on settings. You will have multiple settings options below the settings. You just need to click on writing settings.
Now you will be redirected to the Writing settings page. As you can notice your default post category is selected as Uncategorized.
Before you start the process to delete Uncategorized in WordPress, you just need to change this default setting. You just click the drop-down arrow and select another category as your default post category.
After it, click on the save option.
I assume that you have already created other categories in your WordPress site. If you don’t have any other category then first you need to create a category. After it opens your writing settings page.
Because there should be another category to set as your default category in WordPress. Without it, you can not delete uncategorized in WordPress.
After changing default post category, open your category page. Go to Post>Categories.
Now you will see a check box option for Uncategorized. Now you can delete this category from WordPress. You just hover on it and a delete option will appear. Click on the delete option.
After this process, Uncategorized will be deleted from your WordPress site. If you see a popup for confirmation of deletion. You just need to click on ok to delete it finally.
In this way you can change your default post category and delete uncategorized in WordPress.
Summary:
- Log in to WordPress dashboard.
- Click on Settings in the left sidebar.
- Click on Writing Settings.
- Change Default Post category
- Click on Save.
- Open your category page. Go to Post>Categories
- Hover on Uncategorized. A delete button will appear.
- Click on the Delete option.
- Uncategorized will be deleted from WordPress.
Conclusion
Without changing the default post category, you can not delete uncategorized in WordPress. You will not have any option to delete it on your category page till you choose another category as the default post category.
Default Post Category:
Whenever you create any post in WordPress, automatically all your post goes to the default post category. Whenever you install WordPress, there is an Uncategorized category in your category list.
And automatically, it is selected as the default category. However, as you can see above, you can change the settings easily. And you can delete uncategorized in WordPress in few steps.
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