Deleting categories

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You delete a category when it is no longer necessary. If a folder or item is still assigned to a category when it is deleted, the folder or item is re-assigned to the General category.

You must be a content area or Oracle Portal administrator to delete a category.

To delete a category:

  1. Click to access the Navigator and then click Content Areas to go to the Content Area Navigator.

    Note: You can also get to the Content Area Navigator from the content area Administration page.

  2. Click Contents next to the name of the content area from which you want to delete the category. If the list of content areas is very long, use Find to go directly to the desired content area.

    Note: If your category is shared across multiple content areas, click Contents next to Shared Objects. You must be a portal administrator or have Manage privileges to delete shared objects.

  3. Click Categories. If the list of categories is very long, you can use Find to go directly to the desired category.

  4. If you are deleting a child category, click Sub-Categories next to the parent category until you see the child category that you want to delete.

  5. Next to the category that you want to delete, click Delete. A confirmation message appears.

  6. Click Yes.

Notes

  • If you delete a parent category, all of it's child categories are deleted as well. If a folder or item is still assigned to a category when it is deleted, the folder or item is re-assigned to the shared General category.

Related topics

What is a category?
Creating categories
Editing categories

Listing category contents
Ordering items in a folder by category

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