# Categories: public vs. logged in only vs. restricted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308 "2020-06-30T02:24:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308/1 "2020-06-30T02:24:03Z")

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Is there a way to distinguish between categories visible to logged in users only and categories visible to certain groups?

At the moment, I use CSS to hide the lock icon in front of all categories that are visible to logged-in users only. Now I would like to put a group icon in front of categories that are restricted to groups.

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