# "About this category" topics cannot be pinned globally

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-cannot-be-pinned-globally/71024>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-cannot-be-pinned-globally/71024 "2017-09-29T12:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-cannot-be-pinned-globally/71024/4 "2017-09-29T15:57:46Z")

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I am not sure a topic with a category can be globally pinned in the manner you are describing? Try removing the category.

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