# Bulk convert topics from a Category to Group PMs

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** rails-console\
**Created:** [February 19, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-convert-topics-from-a-category-to-group-pms/218811 "2022-02-19T13:32:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-convert-topics-from-a-category-to-group-pms/218811/3 "2022-02-20T10:22:22Z")

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Thanks Jay! That would be nice and fast for the first half. However, I also have to ensure that they end up as Group PMs.

Any idea what I have to do with the topic\_groups / topic\_allowed\_groups tables? I don’t think that I can get away with an `update_all` for them.

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