removeCategory

Remove project category of labels

Syntax

removeCategory(proj,categoryNames)

Description

removeCategory(proj,categoryNames) removes categories of labels from the specified project.

Examples

Remove Category

Open the Times Table App project. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

openExample("matlab/TimesTableProjectExample")
proj = currentProject;

Create a new category of labels.

createCategory(proj,"Engineers","char");

Remove the new category of labels.

removeCategory(proj,"Engineers");

Input Arguments

proj — Project

matlab.project.Project object

Project, specified as a matlab.project.Project object. Use currentProject to create a project object from the currently loaded project.

categoryNames — Category Names

string array | cell array of character vectors | array of Category objects

Names of the categories to remove, specified as a string array, a cell array of character vectors, or an array of Category objects.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a

R2025a: Remove multiple categories

Starting in R2025a, the removeCategory function supports removing multiple categories from the project in one step.