How to display selected categories on the front page?

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  1. It is not possible by default with this theme and you should look for some plugins that does just that.
  2. Did you follow these instructions? https://colorlibsupport.com/t/how-to-remove-post-area-and-text-area/

There is no way category is shown twice unless you did some changes in HTML/PHP, which is not necessary to make these changes.