How to Delete a Category
If you no longer need a category, you can remove it in a few taps. To hide one for a while instead, switch it off.
Before you start
- The Categories · Delete permission.
Steps
1
Go to Categories
Open the sidebar menu and choose Categories (under Catalog).
2
Find the category
Locate the category you want to remove, for example "Snacks".
3
Choose Delete
Tap the trash icon in the action column. You can also open the category and tap the trash icon at the bottom of the page. For several at once, tick the categories and pick Delete from Action. Delete needs permission to delete categories.
4
Confirm
A confirmation prompt appears. Confirm to finish.
What happens next
- The category and its picture are deleted and it leaves your POS and menus. The register and the public menu are refreshed.
- Its items are never deleted. They stay in the catalog and lose only this grouping.
- Other devices are told only on plans with live sync.
Edge cases
- Deletion is permanent, with no undo. To hide a category temporarily, tick it and pick Disable from Action. A switched-off category stops showing as a register tab and on the public menu, and Enable brings it back.
- A parent's sub-categories move to the top level when you delete the parent.
- Items online. If the category was switched off for Online store, items that were only in it show online again, following their own Sell on setting. To keep them hidden, set their Sell on to Register only before you delete the category.
- Deleting from the category page returns you to the list.
Works with
| Add-on or plan | What changes on this page |
|---|---|
| Any plan | Categories work the same on every plan. |