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Deleting Taxonomy Categories

Deleting a taxonomy category removes the category, its localized versions and children, and all its associations with content items.

Warning
Deleted categories cannot be recovered. Removing a parent category permanently deletes the category and its descendants. The CMS also automatically removes deleted category associations with content items.

The Taxonomy Manager UI differs depending on your CMS site version. Follow the steps that correspond with your version.

CMS 10.6 Steps

To delete a taxonomy category:
  1. Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
  2. Right-click the category in the Taxonomy Tree, and select Delete.

    Delete Taxonomy Category

    The Delete Category dialog displays.
  3. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
    Note
    If the category has content item associations, an additional confirmation dialog displays. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
    The CMS permanently deletes the category and children.

CMS 10.0–10.5 Steps

To delete a taxonomy category:
  1. Navigate to Administration > Taxonomy.
  2. Locate the category to delete in the Taxonomy Tree.
  3. Hover over the category.
    The plus (+) and minus (-) buttons display.

    Delete Taxonomy Category

  4. Click the minus (-) button.
  5. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
    Note
    If the category has content item associations, an additional confirmation dialog displays. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
    The CMS permanently deletes the category and children.