# Expected behavior for category muting?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** tags\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expected-behavior-for-category-muting/394501 "2026-01-28T00:46:48Z")\
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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 28, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expected-behavior-for-category-muting/394501/2 "2026-01-28T01:02:17Z")

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> [@asc](#):
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> What’s the expected behavior for muting categories + watching/tracking tags?

That depends on the user’s preference for

> Notify me about topics in categories or tags I’m watching that also belong to one I have muted

It’s a little hidden, but you can see it when you are watching at least one category and mute at least one tag:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/f/8/ff8c0e0227f9dd8ad1501d93e4ad37958bc2198e.png)  
Then you can change it, save and adjust your tracking preferences again.

Admins can also configure a default for it in the site settings.

What I often forget while testing is that the tracking levels of existing topics are often no longer based on the category/tag default, but are influenced by auto tracking based on reading and replying.

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