Deleting custom categories

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You can delete custom categories to remove them when custom categories are outdated or no longer relevant to the current project. Additionally, when custom categories contain inaccuracies that can lead to misleading or incorrect fabricated data, then you might need to remove them. This ensures that the project remains clutter-free, optimizes the performance of IBM® DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), and reduces storage requirements.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Ensured that you are assigned a role as a Project Owner or Tester in the project. See Managing access to the server projects.
Created a custom category. See Creating a new custom category.

Procedure

Log in to Test Hub.
The Projects page of the initial team space is displayed.
Click My projects > project_name to open the project that contains the test assets.

The Overview page of the project is displayed.
Click Author > Catalog.
The Catalog page is displayed.
Select the branch that contains the custom category that you want to delete from the Branch list.
Click the Delete icon beside the category tab to delete the custom category.
Based on the selected Branch, the following dialog is displayed:
- Edit Branch: If you selected a branch other than the Edit branch.
- Delete category: If you selected the Edit branch.

Perform one of the following actions in the Edit branch dialog, if you selected a branch other than the Edit branch:


Action	Steps	Result
Select an Edit branch	Select an Edit branch from the Select branch list if the Edit branch already exists. Click Ok.	The Delete category dialog is displayed.
Create an Edit branch	Select Create new branch. Enter a name for the Edit branch. Click Save.	The Delete category dialog is displayed.

Click Delete in the Delete category dialog.

Results

You deleted a custom category from your project.

What to do next

You can publish the changes performed to the custom category (that is, deletion of the custom category) to the Git repository so that other members of the project do not see the deleted category. See Publishing all changes in an Edit branch.