# "All members" when creating a category assigns everyone

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-members-when-creating-a-category-assigns-everyone/409508
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** categories
**Created:** [7 באוגוסט,‏ 2026,‏ 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-members-when-creating-a-category-assigns-everyone/409508 "2026-08-07T08:17:11Z")
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### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [10 באוגוסט,‏ 2026,‏ 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-members-when-creating-a-category-assigns-everyone/409508/4 "2026-08-10T03:11:18Z")

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Yes my intent was to not really change category permissions much with this upcoming change, so these (this and [Category permissions and the new permission groups - #5 by martin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions-and-the-new-permission-groups/409511/6) ) are more unintended side effects. I don’t intend to remove `everyone` yet as an option from category permissions…but over time I think it’s probably a good idea to do a fast follow up on this.

The problem is that I was thinking it would be even less clear what I should migrate `everyone` category permissions to, but maybe it can follow logic like you are suggesting? E.g. if I remove `everyone`, a migration would add these category permissions for a site:

- Site requires login → `everyone` becomes `logged_in_users`
- Site is public/doesn’t require login → `everyone` becomes `logged_in_users` AND `anonymous_users`, two separate category permissions

> [@RGJ](#):
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> Suggestion: have three buttons instead of two
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> - public (disable when login required) → assign `everyone`
> - members only → assign `trust_level_0` or the fancy new `logged_in_users`
> - private → assign selected groups.

I think this suggestion makes the most sense, and is the clearest, so I will make that change when I can.

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