WordPress – Delete Category

In this chapter, we will learn how to Delete Categories in WordPress.

Follow the steps below to delete categories:

Step (1) − Go to your WordPress dashboard and click on Posts → Categories.

Step (2) − You can delete Category1 (created earlier in the WordPress – Add Category chapter). When you hover your cursor over the category name, several options appear below it. Click on the Delete button, as shown in the following screen.

When you click Delete, a pop-up message appears to confirm the deletion of the selected category, as shown in the following screenshot.