Deleting a Category

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  livelifepeacefully · Member · Dec 15, 2016 at 4:34 am

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  Hello! I am tying to delete a category I have created in the free version. All the help sites are showing me a different menu that I do not have. What do I do?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thebud15 · Member · Dec 15, 2016 at 6:47 am

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  The Posts -> Categories page in your dashboard displays all your categories and shows the name, description, and number of posts belonging to each category. If you move your mouse over a category a set of options will appear, allowing you to edit, quick-edit, or delete that category

  The above quote came from this article on Categories. Hope that helps!

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  domoceadmin · Member · Dec 16, 2016 at 4:57 pm

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  yes, but the free version does not allow to have the WP Admin. and I have no Dashboard.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm

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  The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  * You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.

  If the log-in information is lost you need to visit https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

  1. To edit or delete a category assigned to a post (whether it’s a draft or has already been published), go to Dashboard → Posts → All Posts in your dashboard, hover over the title and click the Edit link. To delete the post click the Trash link.

  For editing post in the new editor see https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#go-back-and-edit-posts

  2. To edit/delete categories in your dashboard go to Dashboard → Posts → Categories

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

  * You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.

  3. To edit or delete dynamic category pages from your custom menu go to Dashboard > Appearance > Menus

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/nav-menus.php

  * You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.

  4. To edit or delete Tags go to
  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag

  * You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2016 at 5:31 pm

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  yes, but the free version does not allow to have the WP Admin. and I have no Dashboard.

  Note that you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered the site to do what I posted above.