# Change category before approving topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-before-approving-topic/69277
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** approval, new-feature, review-queue
**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-before-approving-topic/69277 "2017-08-15T20:26:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-before-approving-topic/69277/1 "2017-08-15T20:26:23Z")

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You can now change the category of a topic in your approval queue before approving it. Here’s how it works:

**Before editing**

 ![before_edit](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/f/8f548904898e6069f5bb2bc09ddeb19bc3140511.png)

**After editing**

 ![after_edit](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/d/8d7625bb2dd2cb76a84349e2423af03d864a52a6.png)

**The revision history** - nothing’s changed here, just to demonstrate the effect

 ![edit_history](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/7/37959a6c32efe4d2aaa2362367139244381a9f05.png)

Huge thank you to @xrav3nz for an awesome PR, thanks for implementing this ❤ Also thanks to @ggurbet for driving the idea through with mockups.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-before-approving-topic/69277/2 "2023-12-01T10:39:08Z")

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