how to remove unwanted categories in outlook 2016

Anonymous
2018-09-08T13:49:35+00:00

I have a long list with automatically created categories in outlook calendar (“weather 20141”, “weather 21000”, ….) which I want to remove from that list but I can’t?  

When I open the list with categories (which I can only do if I first select an appointment), select the categories that I want to remove and click on delete, he asks me whether I am sure and if I confirm they are NOT removed? 

I have been searching on the internet for a solution and somebody mentions the “tag” group under the “home” tab but I do not have that group either?  

Who knows how to get rid of these categories (that have never been assigned to any of my appointments) that blur the overview of my list with personal categories ?

(I am using windows 10 and outlook 2016)

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Anonymous
2018-11-02T11:15:15+00:00

Unfortunately, it has started again, see screenshot below. I can delete them now without problems as I have not added all add-ins that were linked to my outlook calendar before. So the problem that I could not remove them clearly had to do with some of the add-ins but I do not have time to add them one by one to find out which one it was.

I believe I have also found where the problem came from and I am trying the solution given on https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/calendar/mlu8O7Vtxt0.

It seems to be a known problem in google...

Hope this helps to get rid of the extra categories permanently...

Martina

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  1. Brian Tillman 27,320 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-09-08T15:25:52+00:00

    Perhaps this article will be of some help: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/delete...

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-09-09T03:24:35+00:00

    Hi MarVdb,

    The "tags" group under Home tab is shown as following:

    After clicked Categorize, select All Categories, then select the checkbox of the color and press Delete. Finally you need to confirm to delete and click OK. You can refer to the link provided by Brian for more details.

    If after you confirmed to delete them and they still exists, please provide us your Outlook version and let us know how you configured your account in Outlook client (IMAP/POP/Exchange).

    Thanks,

    Iry

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-09-11T07:24:32+00:00

    Hi MarVdb,

    Can you remove those categories now?

    Thanks,

    Iry

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-09-11T07:29:36+00:00

    No, I still have the same problem. I am using Office Professional Plus 2016 and the outlook client is exchange.

    I think I now at least know where the categories come from (I am syncing several google calendars using OggSync) but that does not explain why I cannot remove them, does it?

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