As it is now, deleting a Container containing let's say 200 categories, deletes only the Container, but leaves there the "orphaned" categories that need to be deleted one by one in case they are no more usefull.

It would be nice to have the possibility to delete also the contained 200 categories togheter with the Container (for example with a "delete all child categories" checkbox displayed on the Delete confirmation page).

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venkat-rk commented

I second it! Ah, I have lost count of the number of times this has caused me grief.

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Jaza commented

And I third it! :)

As a matter of fact, the code for this has been sitting in the category module for a long time. There's just no user interface for it. My plan has always been to provide the interface in a separate contrib module, called perhaps 'category_delete'. I'd rather not put the interface in the main module, for security reasons, and also because not everyone wants this functionality.