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# How to remove a category in WordPress?

# If you want to remove the WordPress category, then follow this instruction:

1. [Login to your WordPress admin dashboard](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/how-to-access-the-wordpress-admin-account-17gaz1d/?bust=1676395591170).

2. Under the dashboard menu of the [CMS](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-a-content-management-system-or-cms-1c48kdh/?bust=1784052067814), hover your mouse on Posts and then click on Categories.

![](https://www.ex2.com/clients/img/wp-dashboard-category-option.gif)

3. On the right side, you can see a list of categories. Hover your mouse on a category you wish to remove, and a few options will appear. Click on the Delete option. The confirmation option will appear. Click on OK.

![](https://www.ex2.com/clients/img/wp-remove-category-2.gif)