# Disabling categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-categories/12350
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 1, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-categories/12350 "2014-02-01T06:17:29Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-categories/12350/18 "2023-09-11T14:43:52Z")

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> [@lejeczek](#):
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> Something like **Hide category from everyone but Stuff**

Admins can set default categories to be muted in admin-settings, `default categories muted`.

You can set each category’s permissions by clicking the admin wrench in top right corner of the page for that category and going to the security tab. There you can make it so that only certain groups have access to view, reply or create.

Also, there is this theme component.

> [@Category Hider Theme Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-hider-theme-component/181299):
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> Hi all, I’ve created a simple theme component. I hope this could be of use for some! eyeglasses Overview This is a theme component that allows you to hide specific categories from either the hamburger menu or category boxes. thinking Why would you need this component? If your discourse website has a lot of categories and you would like to hide some from appearing in either the menu bar or on the main page, this component can be helpful. framed_picture Screenshots Preview of Hamburger Me…

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