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Add and remove taxonomies: Remove categories

To remove a Category you need to perform the following:

  1. Use TaxonomyManager which is the manager class for taxonomies.
  2. Query the category as a HierarchicalTaxon.
  3. Call the manager’s Delete method.
  4. Call the manager’s SaveChanges method to persist the changes to the database.

Use the following code snippet:

The same approach can be used with all flat and hierarchical taxonomies not only for tags and categories.
Use the following code snippet as an example where Cities is a custom Flat Taxonomy that you created:

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