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# Method name: onCategoryDeleted(event: CategoryDeleted)

# Method package: wixBlogBackend

# Method menu location: wixBlogBackend --> onCategoryDeleted

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-blog-backend/events/on-category-deleted.md

# Method Description:

Triggered when a category is deleted.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## An event that occurs when a category is deleted  

```javascript
// Place this code in the events.js file
// of your site's Backend section.
// Add the file if it doesn't exist.

export function wixBlog_onCategoryDeleted(event) {
  const categoryId = event.metadata.entityId;
  const deletedCategoryTime = event.metadata.eventTime;
  console.log('Category deleted', event);
}


/*
 * {
 *   "metadata":{
 *     "id":"68dbe814-7280-44ef-a9dc-d32243ad3990",
 *     "entityId":"62ab47e67bb78adfe3e75199",
 *     "eventTime":"2022-06-16T15:14:15.762Z",
 *     "triggeredByAnonymizeRequest":false
 *   }
 * }
 */



```

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