# Can't Edit Category or Add Subcategories To It

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-category-or-add-subcategories-to-it/113645>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-category-or-add-subcategories-to-it/113645 "2019-04-06T21:50:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-edit-category-or-add-subcategories-to-it/113645/4 "2019-04-07T01:25:39Z")

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That’s correct, Discourse doesn’t enumerate group memberships.

This is by design. Subcategories can’t have permissions that are less restrictive than their parents. A check was added for this during the recent betas:

> ✅ Do not allow saving a category if child permissions are **LESS** restrictive than parent: [Subcategories do not inherit permissions from parent category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-do-not-inherit-permissions-from-parent-category/17174/20) @maja

Source: [Discourse 2.3 notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-3/96690)

This is why I asked:

> [@Stephen](#):
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> So if you add the same permissions as the parent prior to creation it fails?

It’s not a category creation error, you’re just using categories in a way that isn’t intended. Had you tried what I asked it would have worked.

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