# Hide categories from specific groups
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-categories-from-specific-groups/58406
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** multi-lingual
**Created:** [2017年三月5日 11:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-categories-from-specific-groups/58406 "2017-03-05T11:01:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [2017年三月5日 11:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-categories-from-specific-groups/58406/1 "2017-03-05T11:01:45Z")
This feature may be useful in other scenarios too, but my use case is a multi-lingual site. A key challenge of a multi-lingual forum is [how to best configure it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-to-managing-a-multi-language-community/34664) to allow the use of different languages while not spamming users with posts in languages they don’t understand.
At present, I think the best solution is to use language groups and show categories for each language only to members of the respective language group. Like this:
> [@Best practice to managing a multi-language community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-to-managing-a-multi-language-community/34664/5):
>
> Create groups for each supported language.
> Create duplicates of each category for every language you want to support. And make them visible/writable only for members of the respective language.
> Explain to your users that if they join any of these groups, they will be able to see the categories in the respective language.
> Users can choose which languages they want to see (even multiple at the same time) by joining the respective language groups.
> Enable “Allow user locale” in the settings to allow users choose the UI language they prefer (regardless of which groups they are in)
But there is a significant problem with this approach: all content (perhaps except for the default language) will be hidden from users that are not logged in.
So here is my suggestion for a feature: the problem would be solved with a category security setting “hide category from these groups”. That way all content would be visible to everyone but when you login, you only see your languages. (Positive side effect: people are encouraged to log in)
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [2017年三月5日 19:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-categories-from-specific-groups/58406/2 "2017-03-05T19:45:43Z")
This sounds like something that might be doable in a plugin, especially because this doesn’t have to be watertight (because missing a spot where the category shows is just an annoyance, not a security problem).