# "enabled categories" setting not working as expected

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabled-categories-setting-not-working-as-expected/278754
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** topic-list-excerpts
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabled-categories-setting-not-working-as-expected/278754 "2021-02-22T07:29:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Bcat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bcat/32/163148_2.png) [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabled-categories-setting-not-working-as-expected/278754/1 "2021-02-22T07:29:56Z")

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Recently, I left this blank but it doesn’t work.

When adding 1 or more categories it works.

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabled-categories-setting-not-working-as-expected/278754/2 "2023-09-12T16:04:34Z")

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