Removing custom categories in Outlook 2002

[Guest]

Is there a way to remove a custom category without resetting the whole master
list in Outlook 2002?

I have created a couple categories that I want to remove, but using the
delete command leaves them on the master list. However, you cannot assign
that category any longer.

When you create a new category with the same name, the list shows both of
them, with no way to distinguish which is the functional category, and which
is the busted one.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Please clarify what you want to do -- clean up the master list to remove a
category you're not already using or remove the category from existing
items.

 

[Guest]

I have found that in order to delete a Category you must first remove each
and every one of the records from that Category.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Or maybe you meant it the other way around -- remove the category from the
records marked with it?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

No, I'm trying to delete it from the Master Category list.

Or maybe you meant it the other way around -- remove the category

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Then just do it. Deleting a category from the Master Category List will have
no effect on any Outlook items that have the category set on them.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Well, it turned out that I first needed to remove every one of the records in
that category. I had missed an old one, and needed to go back several months
to find the last one.

It DOES make a difference if there are items with that category set on them.
You cannot simply remove the category. It stays until all the Outlook items
have had that category removed.