Hi @theblueli,
It is not within this plugin’s functionality or intent to remove the “/category/” path that is at the root of category permalinks.
However, it can be done. See the Remove Category URL plugin, whose whole purpose is this very thing. If you happen to be using Yoast SEO (and if you aren’t, the plugin might be overkill for doing just this one thing), it seems to have a “Strip the category base” setting.
I have not used either plugin for this purpose so I can’t personally vouch for them, but they seem to do what you want.
Best wishes!
