# About the categories displayed on the menu tab
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670 "2018-07-06T04:59:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/1 "2018-07-06T04:59:28Z")
Thanks to everyone, I was able to release the website the other day! Thank you!
Can I display child categories in the category column in the menu tab?
Discourse example
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### Author:  [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/2 "2018-07-06T06:42:03Z")
It’s a little difficult to track down the setting that controls this, but in order to get a category’s subcategories to show on the hamburger menu, you will need to change a setting in the relevant category. Here are the steps:
1. Navigate to the parent category
2. Click on the  button to open the category settings
3. Go to the **Settings** section of the window
4. Uncheck the setting called `Show subcategory list above topics in this category`.
You will need to do this for each category in order to show its subcategories on the hamburger menu.
Let me know if you need me to clarify anything 😀
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/3 "2018-07-06T06:59:14Z")
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
I was able to display the sub category in the hamburger menu.
However, I would like to display the subcategories on the parent category page as well, is it possible?
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### Author:  [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/4 "2018-07-06T07:05:21Z")
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that it is currently possible. It seems as though the display of one is dependent on hiding the other. There is discussion about this in the topic below:
> [@Is there any way to remove subcategories from the hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-remove-subcategories-from-the-hamburger-menu/57799/28):
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> just thinking loud … what is the reason that the appearance of the subcategory option in the category page is linked to their presence in the hamburger menu? I can’t use the beautiful box-style for the subcategories and at the same time have subcategories in the menu! can I?
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/5 "2018-07-06T17:45:44Z")
I think that it is quite good to display sub categories on both hamburger menu and category page😩
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/6 "2018-07-06T20:33:59Z")
It kind of depends on how many categories there are and what one would consider being “too many” doesn’t it?
The category drop down in the second level header has scroll, the hamburger menu does not. With a large number of categories the hamburger menu could get very tall.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-categories-displayed-on-the-menu-tab/91670/7 "2021-01-31T20:48:19Z")