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description: In the Categories view on the Overview tab, you can update and delete your site’s categories and the terms they contain.
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# Editing and Deleting Categories and Terms

In the Categories view on the Overview tab, you can update and delete your site’s categories and the terms they contain.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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              <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>,
                and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
                <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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              Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d70576e75 ">To build, edit, and manage Site.com sites:</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">Site.com Publisher User</samp> field enabled on the
                user detail page</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Site administrator or designer role
                assigned at the site level</p>
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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note Content lists and categories are currently available through a pilot program. For information on enabling content lists and categories for your organization, contact Salesforce.

- Hover over a category and click **![Actions](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_icon_actions.png)** to:
    - Edit the category’s name and description.
    - Delete the category. The category and any terms it contains are placed in the Trash Can on the Overview tab. If the category is used by a content list, repeater, data table, or data function, you can’t remove the category until you remove all references to it.
    - Add a term.
- Hover over a term and click **![Actions](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_icon_actions.png)** to:
    - Edit the term’s name.
    - Delete the term. If you delete an individual term, it’s removed permanently from the site. Only categories are placed in the Trash Can.

#### See Also

- [Create Categories and Terms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_category_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Categories let you create groups of terms that you can use to classify the items in your site's content lists.")
- [Creating Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create content lists to store site content such as blogs or articles that you can display dynamically on your site pages.")
- [Content Lists and Categories Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Content lists let you create and store content items to use in your site, such as press releases, blog posts, and news articles. Categories let you create groups of terms to classify the items in your content lists.")