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So I read this in the help documents.<\/p>\n

Default Event Category \u2013 If you want, you can choose an event category to be given to all your imported events. The event category will be assigned in addition to any categories that the event already has from its source, such as the categories including in some iCalendar feeds.<\/p>\n

Is there a way to not import source event categories. Upon testing this import it seems like the categories could grow almost out of control and cause duplicate categories with similar names. For example “Family Friendly” and “Children” does need two categories and could cause confusion and additional menu options which are not needed.<\/p>\n

Is there a way to import all events into one local category and then we sort them from there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1322942","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDisable Event Categories Import -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/disable-event-categories-import\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disable Event Categories Import -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So I read this in the help documents. Default Event Category \u2013 If you want, you can choose an event category to be given to all your imported events. 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