I want to completely remove a category, permanently, forever, once, and for all.

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    richstine · Member ·

    Everything I post, or most everything I post, ends up in my “educational links” category. Although i have tried multiple times to get rid of this ‘educational links’ all together, it simply will not go away. I really need blog cleanup help. I am rather daft at the whole blogging thing to begin with, and searching the forums hasn’t helped. Please send simple instructions to me, so that I can rectify this issue. Thanks very much.

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    lexiornelas · Member ·

    Hello,
    So there must be one default category where all post are published to. You can edit the name of that category or you can create a new one and switch it as your default.

    You will want to add a new Category under Posts>Categories. You can also hover over your current default category and click Edit and change the name of it.

    If you decide to create a new category that you want to use as a default, once you have created it, you will then go to Settings>Writing and choose from the drop down box which one you would like to set as a default.

    Here’s a link to information on Categories :http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#setting-the-default-category

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Every post has to be in at least one category. When a category won’t delete, it is because one blog post at least is using that category.

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