# Can sub-categories inherit user group access?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-categories-inherit-user-group-access/61992
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-categories-inherit-user-group-access/61992 "2017-05-02T20:09:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![JoyalV](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joyalv/32/71134_2.png) [@JoyalV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoyalV)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-categories-inherit-user-group-access/61992/1 "2017-05-02T20:09:08Z")

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So if I have a user in a group called “Goons”, and I have a category “chocolate” that is only accessible by the group “Goons”

Can any sub category in “chocolate” inherit that user group only restriction? Or does it have to be set manually?

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-categories-inherit-user-group-access/61992/2 "2017-05-02T20:16:01Z")

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This is already discussed in [many topics](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=inherited).

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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: [May 2, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-sub-categories-inherit-user-group-access/61992/3 "2017-05-02T22:10:45Z")

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