# Cannot switch a topic to Uncategorized via quick edit

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572 "2019-05-24T01:56:13Z")
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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/1 "2019-05-24T01:56:13Z")

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It’s impossible to change the category of a topic to “Uncategorized” through the edit topic title feature. Changing to other categories seems to work fine.

Using the bulk selection tool to change the category to “Uncategorized” is working, so it seems isolated to the edit topic title feature.

 ![uncategorized_bug](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/2/d2b3914d8f4c56cdea99ab0e41299715562d3f47.gif)

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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 24, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/2 "2019-05-24T07:54:27Z")

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Does it work if you press the edit button on the first post? Or is the quick edit the only place this happens?

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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/3 "2019-05-24T10:01:06Z")

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Quick edit seems to be the only place having issues. Editing the first post and changing the category to “Uncategorized” through the composer works no problem.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/4 "2019-05-24T10:06:04Z")

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@j.jaffeux can you have a look?

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/6 "2019-05-24T11:11:49Z")

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That should fix it:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/049561ac49b772aa566f3a44d358a23698f733a8](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/049561ac49b772aa566f3a44d358a23698f733a8)

Thanks

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572/7 "2019-05-24T16:00:02Z")

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