# How to allow users with L2 to create subcategory

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388 "2018-04-02T15:40:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![adrianbblk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adrianbblk/32/87512_2.png) [@adrianbblk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianbblk)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/1 "2018-04-02T15:40:39Z")

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Hi Everyone,

Is there any way to allow users with L2 or higher to create new subcategories in a specific category?

Thank You!

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### Author: ![barreeeiroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/barreeeiroo/32/165264_2.png) [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/2 "2018-04-02T15:42:11Z")

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The category creation permission (and consequently subcategories) is restricted to moderators (or admins sometimes) only  
It doesn’t depend on Trust Level

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/3 "2018-04-02T15:42:14Z")

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No, this is not possible.

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### Author: ![adrianbblk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adrianbblk/32/87512_2.png) [@adrianbblk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianbblk)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/5 "2018-04-02T15:43:58Z")

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I know that, just thinking we can make it to can.

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### Author: ![adrianbblk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adrianbblk/32/87512_2.png) [@adrianbblk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adrianbblk)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/6 "2018-04-02T15:44:33Z")

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It should be able to 🙂

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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/7 "2018-04-02T22:36:17Z")

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The way discourse is designed, category creation is something you do very rarely. It doesn’t make sense to let non-staff do that. However, tags can be created by non-staff users. Maybe that could be something for your use case?

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/9 "2023-04-02T19:21:36Z")

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-with-l2-to-create-subcategory/84388/10 "2023-04-02T19:52:10Z")

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