denfig

After adding

add_action('template_redirect', function(){
if (is_category())
{wp_redirect(home_url());
exit;    
}
});

I am still getting a 3XX error.

Thank you, I will try to stop WordPress from even creating the pages. For now would it make more sense to redirect to a custom 404 page or to my homepage = https://localpresenceseo.com ? I don’t know if going to a 404 page hurts SEO.