How to: Delete a Job Category (SQL Server Management Studio)

This topic describes how to delete a Microsoft SQL Server Agent job category that you have created. When you delete a user-defined job category, SQL Server Agent prompts you to reassign the jobs that are assigned to it to another job category. You can only delete user-defined job categories.

To delete a job category

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.

2. Expand SQL Server Agent, right-click Jobs, and then select Manage Job Categories.

3. In the Manage Job Categories dialog box, select the job category to delete.

4. Click Delete.

See Also

Concepts

Implementing Jobs

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance