# Change category description
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654 "2023-06-16T17:10:53Z")
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### Author:  [@tmc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmc1)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/1 "2023-06-16T17:10:53Z")
Hey guys!
I know this:
> [@How to create a description for your category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/3):
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> When you create a category there is a topic that is auto created entitled something like “About the category-name category”. You can edit the contents of that post and your category description will be added.
But, what happens if I delete that topic and want to set a different description? Not sure how to do that.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/2 "2023-06-16T17:11:48Z")
You are unable to. Theres no option to delete it. If you want to change it you can edit that post
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/3 "2023-06-16T17:18:59Z")
> [@tmc1](#):
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> set a different description
Where? That topic is where the topic description is stored.
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### Author:  [@tmc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmc1)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/4 "2023-06-16T17:22:14Z")
@Stephen I’d like to hide that for users, as that topic is not being used for anything else than just the description of the category…
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/5 "2023-06-16T17:22:45Z")
So why not unlist it?
You can also set the timestamp on the topic back a year or two and close it so that it’s way below any other category activity.
Discourse gives you heaps of tools to tweak this kind of stuff, destructive acts are rarely the way forward 😁
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/6 "2023-06-16T17:23:11Z")
You are able to unlist it with that topic admin wrench. Though it will still be accessible to everybody that have the link.
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### Author:  [@tmc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmc1)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/7 "2023-06-16T17:24:11Z")
The unlist did the job exactly as I wanted, the description is still there but the topic is hidden for users.
I’m very, very new to Discourse, sorry for the dumb question. And thanks A LOT for the super fast reply to both!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-category-description/268654/8 "2023-07-16T17:24:43Z")
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