# Have tag notification settings override category notification settings
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015 年 11 月 19 日午後 2:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800 "2015-11-19T14:35:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2015 年 11 月 19 日午後 2:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/1 "2015-11-19T14:35:55Z")
To replicate current functionality:
1. as user A set category notification setting to watching
- as user A set tag notification to muted
- log out of user A account
- log in as user B
- as user B, write a test post in the category and containing the tag
- \*\*user A will be notified of post \*\*
So it appears that category watching settings override the tag watching settings. I’d like to suggest reversing this so that if you have muted a specific tag, you will not be notified even if it’s in a category you are watching.
Or perhaps this can be an admin or user setting to serve different communities?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016 年 9 月 14 日午前 1:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/2 "2016-09-14T01:58:26Z")
What is the order of operations here @neil?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [2016 年 9 月 14 日午後 4:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/3 "2016-09-14T16:06:50Z")
The behaviour is the same. It also works the other way. If you are watching a tag but mute a category, then you will get notified of a topic with that tag and category. Watching is stronger than muting.
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### Author:  [@rriemann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rriemann)
#### Post date: [2017 年 1 月 24 日午前 10:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/4 "2017-01-24T10:29:48Z")
> [@neil](#):
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> Watching is stronger than muting.
Is this also true if the same topic has two tags: one watching, the other muted?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [2017 年 1 月 24 日午後 3:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/5 "2017-01-24T15:52:05Z")
Yes you’ll see topics that have tags that you’re watching.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [2025 年 12 月 4 日午前 11:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-tag-notification-settings-override-category-notification-settings/35800/6 "2025-12-04T11:37:08Z")