# Ban members from certain categories?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-certain-categories/62916>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [18 Mayo, 2017 03:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-certain-categories/62916 "2017-05-18T03:57:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [18 Mayo, 2017 04:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-certain-categories/62916/2 "2017-05-18T04:39:28Z")

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I think the only way to do this would be to create a group that includes everyone who is allowed to be in the category.

It would be nice to have a negative category permission available on category security settings, e.g. “Cannot create/reply/see”. But that does not exist now.

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