# Default categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 12, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574 "2025-04-12T16:26:40Z")
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### Author: ![Taxick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/taxick/32/448996_2.png) [@Taxick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Taxick)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574/1 "2025-04-12T16:26:40Z")

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Hi

I’m working on a new forum. But I have one thing I cant get to work.

I want to show all categories to new members as default.

When new members signup now, it looks like this

 ![2025-04-12_17-43-15](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/a/d/aad0ae4224673135609d16b8623c105612363462.png)

I want it to look like this

 ![2025-04-12_18-25-4411111](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/7/89730dade452d5d850e19fe7fe841f0f4c96edfd.png)

Thanks

Thomas

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574/3 "2025-04-12T16:39:52Z")

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> [@Configuring the default sidebar for your users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-the-default-sidebar-for-your-users/347764/1):
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> You can configure which categories appear by default in users’ sidebars in the `default_navigation_menu_categories` site setting. You can get there by:
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> 1. Clicking “Configure defaults” at the bottom of the categories section (only visible as long as no defaults are configured)
> 2. Accessing this setting through _Admin \> All site settings_ and search for the setting

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### Author: ![Taxick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/taxick/32/448996_2.png) [@Taxick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Taxick)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574/4 "2025-04-12T16:42:59Z")

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> [@Configuring the default sidebar for your users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-the-default-sidebar-for-your-users/347764/1):
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> default\_navigation\_menu\_categories

Hi

Thanks.. It works now 🙂

Mark this tropic as solved 🙂

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-categories/361574/5 "2025-05-12T16:43:32Z")

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