# Default Category Notifications

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670 "2026-01-16T13:13:21Z")
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### Author: ![Andro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andro/32/173721_2.png) [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670/1 "2026-01-16T13:13:21Z")

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What is the default Category Notification for a topic?

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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: [January 16, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670/2 "2026-01-16T13:39:20Z")

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I’m not sure I understand what you mean. Could you describe it in more detail or include a screenshot?

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### Author: ![Andro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andro/32/173721_2.png) [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670/3 "2026-01-16T14:47:05Z")

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Well there is Watching, Tracking, Normal and so on. Which applies by default?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/c/4/4c4489e3eb08d0a9292dbdb61f2a11a24e99af81.png)

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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: [January 16, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670/4 "2026-01-16T15:10:59Z")

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It depends 🤷‍♀️

There is a default notification level for the topic based on its category and tags (based on [your tracking preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/tracking), which are based on the tracking setting of groups you are a member of, and the default configuration in the site settings).

Once you interact with the topic, the preference for “automatically track topics I enter…” and “When posting…” can change the tracking status too.

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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: [February 15, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-notifications/393670/5 "2026-02-15T15:11:29Z")

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