# 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: ![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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