# Changing the category to tracking by default
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [7. November 2017 um 14:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604 "2017-11-07T14:45:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Val](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Val)
#### Post date: [7. November 2017 um 14:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/1 "2017-11-07T14:45:50Z")
Hi everyone,
I have tried to find an answer, but seems like I need your help…I am a admin and I would like to change the setting of “watching, tracking, etc” for ALL users (not just for new ones but for everyone. It seems like right now all the users have the setting of “watching” by default. However, in order to reduce notification emails for our users, I would like to change it for all users to “tracking”. Could you tell me, if this is possible and if so, how?
THANKS!!
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [7. November 2017 um 14:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/2 "2017-11-07T14:52:28Z")
Changing this one won’t help. If you participate in a topic it becomes watched.
Perhaps you want to change the maximum number of emails per day.
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### Author:  [@Val](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Val)
#### Post date: [19. Juli 2018 um 12:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/3 "2018-07-19T12:11:13Z")
Mhm, of course I did this already (reducing the maximum number of emails per day). Are there other options you suggest me to keep emails and notifications to a minimum, so that users really read the important ones?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [23. Juli 2018 um 01:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/4 "2018-07-23T01:32:50Z")
Das Ändern von Werten in den Benutzereinstellungen, die bereits in der Datenbank gespeichert sind, erfordert das Ausführen eines speziellen Befehls. Es gibt keine eingebaute Funktion in der Benutzeroberfläche, die besagt: „Stelle sicher, dass jeder Benutzer im System #Contribute > Bug anschaut“. Du kannst derzeit nur die Standardeinstellung festlegen.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [23. Juli 2018 um 04:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/5 "2018-07-23T04:27:22Z")
If having people watch a particular category is what you want, there are some custom plugins that will force people in a given group to watch a category.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19. Februar 2021 um 11:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/6 "2021-02-19T11:02:35Z")
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [19. Februar 2021 um 11:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/7 "2021-02-19T11:03:44Z")
Dies ist nun mit der Site-Einstellung `default tracked categories` verfügbar.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [19. Februar 2021 um 11:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-category-to-tracking-by-default/73604/8 "2021-02-19T11:03:47Z")