Deletes one existing category.

$cat_ID int Required

Category term ID.

bool|int|WP_Error Returns true if completes delete action; false if term doesn't exist; Zero on attempted deletion of default Category; WP_Error object is also a possibility.

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php. View all references

function wp_delete_category( $cat_ID ) {
	return wp_delete_term( $cat_ID, 'category' );
}