# Having a sub + sub category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-sub-sub-category/258869>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-sub-sub-category/258869 "2023-03-21T11:06:19Z")\
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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:** [March 21, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-sub-sub-category/258869/2 "2023-03-21T11:08:47Z")

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That feature is already there

> [@Number of Subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-subcategories/146632/11):
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> You need to have access to the server where Discourse is running. If you’re hosted somewhere, you’ll need to ask whoever is running the server to do this for you. cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.max\_category\_nesting = 3 exit exit

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