Forum:How to remove deleted category

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  1. I assumed by removing all pages from a category that the category would stop appearing in Special:Categories
  2. So I then used the delete option on the category page. But the category still appears in Special:Categories
  3. Next I used the move option on the category page, renaming the category with a new category name. The new category has been added to Special:Categories but the deleted category still appears!

Have I used the wrong option or is this a bug? --Percy (talk) 23:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Categories are actually properties of pages. The existence of a page in the Category namespace is irrelevant (mostly). What wiki? --Saftzie (talk) 21:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I had the same problem.
Try this on your category page: Edit page -> then write something in the category page (e. g. "test") and save the page. Then delete the category page. Now it shouldn't appear in Special:Categories anymore. --Alvine (talk) 16:25, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Alvine,
I tried using __HIDDENCAT__ → https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words but it just added Hidden Category into Special:Categories which I didn't want
I decided to just use #REDIRECT [[pagename]] → https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects so atleast the empty category goes somewhere
Hope that helps
Percy (talk) 07:47, 5 May 2019 (UTC)