# Cannot get other categories than "General forum" to show up in the side bar for anonymous users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-other-categories-than-general-forum-to-show-up-in-the-side-bar-for-anonymous-users/270198>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-other-categories-than-general-forum-to-show-up-in-the-side-bar-for-anonymous-users/270198 "2023-06-30T19:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-other-categories-than-general-forum-to-show-up-in-the-side-bar-for-anonymous-users/270198/2 "2023-06-30T20:01:31Z")

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hi Jerome, welcome to Meta 👋 🙂

have a look at the setting under admin-settings: `default_navigation_menu_categories`. there is also a corresponding setting for tags: `default_navigation_menu_tags`

also keep in mind that logged in users can override the navigation sidebar menu categories with their own category favorites by clicking the pencil icon beside the sidebar category header.

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