# 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")
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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@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")

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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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