# How to change unread count to a dot in navigation sidebar?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [June 8, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280 "2025-06-08T05:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![thaidb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thaidb/32/68488_2.png) [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-unread-count-to-a-dot-in-navigation-sidebar/369280/2 "2025-06-08T05:34:44Z")

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![Header dropdown category count. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/2/0/4200dd126329eda63e02e67fe544303789c088ce.png)

**UPDATE / SOLUTION:**

I found the solution! I managed to achieve this by setting the following option to `0`:

**`Header dropdown category count`** (This option is described as “How many categories can be displayed in the header dropdown menu.”)

Setting this option to `0` made the numerical count disappear and display as a dot (or hide the count, achieving the desired minimalist effect) in the sidebar.

Thank you!

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