[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Delete all child categories but not the parent categories ## - **[smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile")** - [![smithshop123's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123) Less More - Posts: 212 - Thank you received: 17 - - 7 years 2 months ago [\#310194](#310194) by [smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile") *[Delete all child categories but not the parent categories](/forum/44-mass-actions/898157-delete-all-child-categories-but-not-the-parent-categories#310194 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.11 -- PHP version -- : 7.2.21 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : opera -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : not an error Hi, Is there an easy way to delete all sub-categories without deleting the parent categories. Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu")* was created by *[smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.11 -- PHP version -- : 7.2.21 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : opera -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : not an error Hi, Is there an easy way to delete all sub-categories without deleting the parent categories. Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL21hc3MtYWN0aW9ucy84OTgxNTctZGVsZXRlLWFsbC1jaGlsZC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzLWJ1dC1ub3QtdGhlLXBhcmVudC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 7 years 2 months ago - 7 years 2 months ago [\#310199](#310199) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Delete all child categories but not the parent categories](/forum/44-mass-actions/898157-delete-all-child-categories-but-not-the-parent-categories#310199 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.11 -- PHP version -- : 7.2.21 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : opera -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : not an error Hi, Is there an easy way to delete all sub-categories without deleting the parent categories. Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu")* Hello, Using that kind of mass actions (cf attached screenshot) will probably do the job, and for more information : [ www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/167-massaction-form.html](https://www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/167-massaction-form.html) Where category_parent_id is the ID of the category in which you want to delete child categories. We wish you a nice day! Kind regards, Mohamed Thelji - [ ![Joomla3-Administration-Massactions-GoogleChrome2019-08-2609.32.56.png](/forum/attachment/47527) ](/forum/attachment/47527 "...2609.32.56.png") [ ](/forum/attachment/47527?download=1 "...2609.32.56.png") Last edit: 7 years 2 months ago by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile"). 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Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu")* Hi, your solution work but only for one parent category. I tried to add another entry and, although it recognised that there were child categories, it didn't seem to delete them properly. When I went back to the 'Categories' menu they were still there. Rebuilding the menu tree didn't help. Should I be using some sort of logical and/or in the one line or maybe putting in the parent ids as a list? Thanks, Ian p.s. In 'mass actions' the addition entries register as '0' (i.e. being deleted) but, as mentioned above, still appear in the 'category' menu. So it might be a database thing. 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Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu")* Hello, There's actually no logical "OR" filter for mass actions, only "AND". So the solution will probably be to create one mass action per category to manage. > So it might be a database thing. Yes, it is because it will only check in your database, categories which have that ID as a category_parent_id, so it won't enable you to manage child categories. The solution will be to either create a mass action per category, or directly develop a script which will do it. Kind regards, Mohamed Thelji. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL21hc3MtYWN0aW9ucy84OTgxNTctZGVsZXRlLWFsbC1jaGlsZC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzLWJ1dC1ub3QtdGhlLXBhcmVudC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile")** - [![smithshop123's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123) Less More - Posts: 212 - Thank you received: 17 - - 7 years 1 month ago [\#310732](#310732) by [smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile") Replied by *[smithshop123](/forum/user/17903-smithshop123 "View smithshop123's Profile")* on topic *[Delete all child categories but not the parent categories](/forum/44-mass-actions/898157-delete-all-child-categories-but-not-the-parent-categories#310732 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.1 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.11 -- PHP version -- : 7.2.21 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : opera -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : not an error Hi, Is there an easy way to delete all sub-categories without deleting the parent categories. Our parent categories have graphics set up and don't change. However our site is large and the subcategories change a lot and frequently. At the moment we do this manually which takes a long time. I did notice that there was a 'category_level_' parameter in mass actions but couldn't get it to work. Thanks, Ian and Stu")* Thanks, it was ok deleting all of the children in the first parent. But other parent categories didn't work in the same mass action. As you say I may need one for each but running about fifty of them individually is slower than manually so we'll stick to that unfortuately. ian and stu Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtL21hc3MtYWN0aW9ucy84OTgxNTctZGVsZXRlLWFsbC1jaGlsZC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzLWJ1dC1ub3QtdGhlLXBhcmVudC1jYXRlZ29yaWVzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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