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title: Delete a category or subcategory
description: Delete an Operational Technology incident category or subcategory if your organization no longer uses that category or subcategory.
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# Delete a category or subcategory

Delete an Operational Technology incident category or subcategory if your organization no longer uses that category or subcategory.

## Before you begin

-   Set the application scope to **Operational Technology Incident Management**.
-   Role required: admin or sn\_ot\_incident\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Choice Lists**.

2.  Set the condition filters to **\[Table\] \[is\] \[sn\_ot\_incident\]** and **\[Element\] \[is\] \[category\]** or **\[Element\] \[is\] \[subcategory\]**.

3.  Point to the category or subcategory record that you want to delete and select the check box.

4.  In the Actions on selected rows menu, select **Delete**.


## Result

The deleted category or subcategory is no longer available on an Operational Technology incident record.

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