Default theme - What is it and why can't I delete it

The &quot;Default&quot; Theme is, actually, not the &quot;default theme.&quot; while SMF starts out with it as the theme, the &quot;Default&quot; Theme is only a collection of the default templates. That is, these templates are &quot;fallbacks&quot; in case the current Theme does not have the template.

This is similar to URLs - if you don&#039;t specify a domain name, (ie. /style.css) it uses the default (making it www.simplemachines.org/style.css). In this case, it&#039;s a bit different, but the concept is the same.

For more details check out Default theme.

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