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title: "Removing a category in PrestaShop 1.6"
description: "Now that you know how to add new categories to your PrestaShop 1.6 store, you will need to understand the proper way to remove them. Removing them is not as simple as deleting the category itself...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/remove-category/
date: 2014-02-20
modified: 2020-10-13
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Prestashop"]
tags: ["Prestashop 1v.6"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Removing a category in PrestaShop 1.6

Now that you know how to [add new categories](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/add-categories/) to your PrestaShop 1.6 store, you will need to understand the proper way to remove them. Removing them is not as simple as deleting the category itself. You need to take into account the products that are within the categories themselves. Below is a quick tutorial on how to properly remove a category within your PrestaShop 1.6 store.

## How to delete a category in PrestaShop 1.6

1. [Log into your admin dashboard](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop/login-prestashop-dashboard/).
2. Once in the dashboard, click on the *Catalog* link on the left-hand menu. Next, click on the *Categories* option from the submenu.
3. [![](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/1-select-main-category.png)](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/1-select-main-category.png) This will bring you to the main *Category* page. There is only a single category listed,*Home*. Click anywhere on that row to continue to the list of categories under the *Home* category.
4. [![](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/2-select-delete-option.png)](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/2-select-delete-option.png) Now we are at the screen that lists all the categories under *Home*. Find the category on the list that you want to remove and click on the down arrow next to *Edit* on that row. Click on the **Delete** option that appears.
5. [![](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/3-delete-options.png)](/support/images/stories/edu/ps16/102/remove-category/3-delete-options.png) Once clicked, several options appear at the top of the screen regarding the products under the category you are attempting to delete. I want to associate the products without the other categories with the parent category and then disable them. This takes the categories that are under your selected category and assigns them to the parent catgory, in this case *Home*. It also disables the products so they are not currently available in the store. If the products are associated with more than one category, they are not assigned to the parent category, but simply remain under the other category to which they are assigned. I want to associate the products without the other categories with the parent category. This option does the same as the first option, except that the products that are assigned to the parent category will remain available in the store. I want to remove products linked only within this category and no others. This last option will remove the products that are associated with only the category you are deleting. They are not reassigned anywhere.
6. Once you have selected your option, click on the **Delete** button to continue the process. You can now return to the *Categories* list and see that the category has been removed from the list on the storefront.

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