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Edit, Clone, and Delete a URL Category

You can edit, clone, and delete URL categories from the URL Categories page. This topic has the following sections:

Edit a URL Category

To modify the parameters configured for a URL category:

  1. Select Shared Services > Objects > URL Categories.

    The URL Categories page appears, displaying the existing URL categories.

  2. Select the custom URL category that you want to edit and click the pencil icon.

    The Edit URL Categories page appears, displaying the same fields that are presented when you create a URL category.

  3. Modify the URL category fields as needed.
  4. Click OK to save your changes.

    You are taken to the URL Categories page. A confirmation message appears, indicating the status of the edit operation.

Clone a URL Category

Cloning enables you to easily create a new URL category based on an existing one.

To clone a URL category:

  1. Select Shared Services > Objects > URL Categories.

    The URL Categories page appears, displaying the existing URL categories.

  2. Select the URL category that you want to clone and then select More > Clone.

    The Clone URL Categories page appears, displaying the same fields that are presented when you create a URL category.

  3. Modify the URL category fields as needed.
  4. Click OK to save your changes.

    You are taken to the URL Categories page. A confirmation message appears, indicating the status of the clone operation.

Delete a URL Category

Before deleting a URL category, ensure that the URL category is not referenced in any content security profiles that are, in turn, used in firewall policy rules or in the content security settings. If you try to delete such a URL category, an error message is displayed.

To delete one or more URL categories:

  1. Select Shared Services > Objects > URL Categories.

    The URL Categories page appears, displaying the existing URL categories.

  2. Select one or more custom URL categories that you want to delete and click the delete icon.

    An alert message appears, asking you to confirm the delete operation.

  3. Click Yes to delete the selected URL categories.

    A confirmation message appears, indicating the status of the delete operation.