# Apply category notification preferences to existing users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-category-notification-preferences-to-existing-users/76870
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 28, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-category-notification-preferences-to-existing-users/76870 "2017-12-28T10:21:05Z")
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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/apply-category-notification-preferences-to-existing-users/76870/3 "2017-12-28T13:56:02Z")

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There is a guide to read for that:

> [@(Obsolete) Set category tracking level defaults historically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-category-tracking-level-defaults-historically/53165):
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> warning Following the release of Discourse v2.4.0.beta7 (or if you have [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b2f682f35eba0cc3f09588356ecf8d1dd824542f)), admins now have the option to set the category tracking levels of all existing users when setting the default category tracking levels in their site settings: Add a category to one of the following site settings, then select the green checkbox button. A modal window will pop up with the following options: play_button The old way using the console

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