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title: "Removing and deleting Categories in Moodle"
description: "Now that the Categories can be created and edited, there may be an occasion when a category needs to be deleted or removed. The last article explained How to set a Course to a specific Category in..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/moodle/delete-category/
date: 2012-10-23
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Moodle"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Removing and deleting Categories in Moodle

Now that the Categories can be created and edited, there may be an occasion when a category needs to be deleted or removed. The last article explained [How to set a Course to a specific Category in Moodle](/support/edu/moodle/courses-categories-moodle/). This tutorial will explain how to remove a category in Moodle 2.3.

### Removing or Deleting a Category

1. [Log into the Moodle Dashboard](/support/edu/moodle/moodle-login-administrator/)
2. [![delete-category-1-courses](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-1-courses.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-1-courses.gif) Select the **Courses** link in the **Navigation **section in the left side bar. **Important!** Keep in mind that [Editing must be turned on](/support/edu/moodle/creating-courses-in-moodle/) in the Settings section in order to edit any of these options.
3. [![delete-category-2-categories](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-2-categories.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-2-categories.gif) Find the **X** in the Edit column of the **Course Categories** for the Category that is to be deleted.
4. [![delete-category-3-contents](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-3-contents.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-3-contents.gif) The **Delete Category** page will load asking for what to do with the **Contents of Website Design**, if there are any courses in that Category. If there are no Courses in the Category, the page will display **This Category is empty**. At this point, the courses in that category can either be moved to a different category or deleted altogether. Select from the **What to do** drop box whether to **Delete All** or **Move contents to another category**. If moving the contents to another Category, select that category in the **Move into** drop box. Then click **Delete**.
5. [![delete-category-4-continue](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-4-continue.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_moodle_102_delete-category_delete-category-4-continue.gif) Click **Continue** and the Category will be gone..

This concludes the article on Deleting Categories in Moodle. Please check the next article on [How to edit the News Forum in a Moodle Course](/support/edu/moodle/editing-news-forum/). For more information creating courses, please visit our education channel on [Creating Courses in Moodle](/support/website/error-numbers/explaining-the-maxuserconnections-error/).