diff --git a/components/category-toolgroup.vue b/components/category-toolgroup.vue
index 5a092f75..9bc8248a 100644
--- a/components/category-toolgroup.vue
+++ b/components/category-toolgroup.vue
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
             ...mapMutations([
 
                 "createAssessmentTool",
-                "alterColumnToToolMapping"
+                "alterColumnToToolMapping",
+                "alterColumnCategoryMapping",
+                "deselectTool"
             ]),
             filterOptions(option, label, search) {
                 // Match the first character of the label with the first character of the search string
diff --git a/store/index.js b/store/index.js
index abca8dff..7841431f 100644
--- a/store/index.js
+++ b/store/index.js
@@ -950,5 +950,10 @@ export const mutations = {
             Vue.set(p_state, key, initialState[key]);
           }
         });
-      }
+      },
+
+      deselectTool(p_state, toolIdentifier) {
+        const toolIndex = p_state.toolTerms.findIndex(tool => tool.identifier === toolIdentifier);
+        p_state.toolTerms[toolIndex].selected = false;
+    }
 };