# Create hundreds or thousands groups/categories?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-hundreds-or-thousands-groups-categories/58823>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [10 Marzo 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-hundreds-or-thousands-groups-categories/58823 "2017-03-10T14:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikechristopher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikechristopher/32/89135_2.png) [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\
**Post date:** [10 Marzo 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-hundreds-or-thousands-groups-categories/58823/5 "2017-03-10T14:45:25Z")

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with regards to having tons of categories - is there an easy way to archive the category in that the post counts etc are kept but cleaned up to the point it wont have an impact on the forum itself as we also have a lot of private groups and categories for a different nature. In that they are a private group of select people for only 30 days.

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