# Expected behavior for category muting?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/expected-behavior-for-category-muting/394501
**Category:** 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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#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expected-behavior-for-category-muting/394501/3 "2026-01-28T01:18:17Z")

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What about the reverse though – what I’m trying to figure out is the behavior of watched or tracked tags in a muted category? What you’ve got in your screenshot is watched category with a muted tag. I don’t get a similar “Notify me” check box when I have categories muted but a tag watched.

 ![Screen Shot 2026-01-27 at 8.15.40 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/8/2/58288ebedb6535f3e4f3c54600770b2e9aa4ea58.png)

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