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

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**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:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-get-other-categories-than-general-forum-to-show-up-in-the-side-bar-for-anonymous-users/270198/5 "2023-07-01T13:30:12Z")

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They should also work with the underscore in: 👍

 ![default_navigation_menu_categories](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/b/7/6b718aadfd0b7265efda1d91a4e40fa633ea46dc.png)

However, I think those settings were updated recently to change away from ‘sidebar’. Could you try `default sidebar categories` in case you’re on an older version @Jerome?

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