<p>You can delete a category at any time while you are in the <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Contact Categories</strong></span> page. When you delete a category, you will only delete the category and the corresponding associations with the contacts. You will NOT delete individual contact information when you delete a category.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Follow these steps to delete a category:</strong></span></p>
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<p>From the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">My Contacts</span></span></a> page, click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">category view</span></span></a> button to view all your categories. The <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact Categories</span></span></a> page appears.</p>
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<p>Locate the Category you want to modify and click the <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">delete</span></span></a> link.</p>
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<p>A <a class="dropspot"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">dialog box appears</span></span></a> confirming your deletion.</p>
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<p>Click <span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>OK</strong></span> to permanently delete the category.</p>
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<p class="Note"><span style="font-weight: bold"><strong>Note:  </strong></span>All category deletions are permanent and you do not have the opportunity to retrieve a deleted category. By default, pressing the delete link deletes the item without any confirmation. You can change the settings of the delete button through the <a href="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/General_Preferences1.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">General Preferences </span></span></a>topic of this help file. <br /> </p>