# 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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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-public-vs-logged-in-only-vs-restricted/156308/12 "2022-12-13T10:16:26Z")

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A slight update to this so you can use it with the sidebar:

```css
// hides lock icons for ux category
.sidebar-section-link-ux .prefix-badge {
    display: none;
}
.category-ux .list-controls, [href = "/c/ux/9"] {
    .d-icon-lock, {
        display: none;
    }
}

```

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