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Taxonomies: Deactivate or Delete

This guide will show you how to remove or deactivate taxonomies. You can find this by visiting the Taxonomies screen and editing a taxonomy.

Please note that this feature is limited in several ways:

  • You can not delete the Tags and Categories taxonomies because they are core features of WordPress.
  • You can not delete taxonomies from a third party plugin such as WooCommerce.

For these special taxonomies, you can only click “Deactivate Taxonomy” as in the screenshot below. You will see a message saying “Taxonomy has been successfully deactivated”. You will then see a button saying “Re-activate Taxonomy”.

The "Deactivate Taxonomy" button

For any taxonomy that you created with TaxoPress, you will have the option to deactivate or delete the taxonomy.

The "Deactivate Taxonomy" and "Delete Taxonomy" buttons

If you click “Delete Taxonomy”, TaxoPress will ask to confirm your decision:

Box asking to confirm that you want to delete this.