# Change "category description / about topic" post

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description-about-topic-post/217896 "2022-02-11T16:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description-about-topic-post/217896/7 "2022-02-12T13:43:44Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> My new question is, is it advisable?

I don’t think it will hurt anything. I’m not sure how or when the contents get copied to the description field? Maybe just edit the category.

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