diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/MediaDetailFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/MediaDetailFragment.java
index 8feed101e..43debf323 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/MediaDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/media/MediaDetailFragment.java
@@ -431,8 +431,19 @@ public class MediaDetailFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment {
     private void rebuildCatList() {
         categoryContainer.removeAllViews();
         // @fixme add the category items
-        for (String cat : categoryNames) {
-            View catLabel = buildCatLabel(cat, categoryContainer);
+
+        //As per issue #1826(see https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/1826), some categories come suffixed with strings prefixed with |. As per the discussion
+        //that was meant for alphabetical sorting of the categories and can be safely removed.
+        for (int i = 0; i < categoryNames.size(); i++) {
+            String categoryName = categoryNames.get(i);
+            //Removed everything after '|'
+            int indexOfPipe = categoryName.indexOf('|');
+            if (indexOfPipe != -1) {
+                categoryName = categoryName.substring(0, indexOfPipe);
+                //Set the updated category to the list as well
+                categoryNames.set(i, categoryName);
+            }
+            View catLabel = buildCatLabel(categoryName, categoryContainer);
             categoryContainer.addView(catLabel);
         }
     }