# How to create a description for your category?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 12, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995 "2021-11-12T18:53:29Z")
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### Author: ![hequaye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hequaye/32/241683_2.png) [@hequaye](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hequaye)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/1 "2021-11-12T18:53:29Z")

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Hello I am trying to create new categories for my new community, and I am having a hard time finding out how I can create a category description?

I do see any place for this

I want to add something like this  
“Submit your ideas for the community, topics and content. Lets grow the Community together!”

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/1/510617c97096962692d6d1865757e048c12400b4.png)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/2 "2021-11-12T18:54:48Z")

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You have to create the new category first.

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### Author: ![keegan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/keegan/32/383395_2.png) [@keegan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/3 "2021-11-12T18:55:48Z")

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When you create a category there is a topic that is auto created entitled something like “About the `category-name` category”. You can edit the contents of that post and your category description will be added.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-11-12 at 10.57.38 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/7/a77f334989fb645e953efdb5501c3bce0d250cb7.png)

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### Author: ![hequaye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hequaye/32/241683_2.png) [@hequaye](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hequaye)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/4 "2021-11-12T19:09:47Z")

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Thank you! Sorry Im brand new :sweat_smile:

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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: [December 12, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-description-for-your-category/208995/5 "2021-12-12T19:10:18Z")

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