# Category/group/user permissions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-user-permissions/210911
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-user-permissions/210911 "2021-12-02T18:01:40Z")
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### Author: ![Zup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@Zup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zup)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-user-permissions/210911/1 "2021-12-02T18:01:40Z")

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would be interesting if a chat could default to a category (and follow category permissions), but “deny” access (by group &/or user) would override “allow” access, which would override the default category access