# Exclude category from latest

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209 "2026-05-05T14:31:34Z")
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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: [May 5, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-category-from-latest/402209/3 "2026-05-05T14:46:31Z")

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I think here on Meta #News and Events > Forum summaries is muted by default\[1\], which hides the topics for everyone who hasn’t changed this in their preferences or changed the tracking status of the individual topics. Visitors can see the topics by visiting the category, but the topics are not visible in latest

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1. by the `default_categories_muted` site setting

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