# How to create a Sub-Category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558 "2017-10-06T22:46:52Z")
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### Author: ![BrickWood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/brickwood/32/193569_2.png) [@BrickWood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrickWood)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/1 "2017-10-06T22:46:52Z")

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Can anyone show me how to create a sub-category? Lot’s of topics about sub-subcategories and tags… but I just want to create a simple subcategory under a topic.

THX!!!

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/2 "2017-10-06T23:13:24Z")

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You use the same Create Category UI, but you choose an existing Category as the Parent (it should be one of the first drop downs in the modal)

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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/3 "2017-10-06T23:13:40Z")

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When creating a category, just select the parent category…  
… this will make a new category a sub-category.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/7/c720548afcd2379a872bc569f273b3dd694960f4.png)

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### Author: ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/4 "2017-10-06T23:16:30Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/2/12f3017b91cdf8652813ac5a83ddd712c5053271.gif)

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### Author: ![BrickWood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/brickwood/32/193569_2.png) [@BrickWood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrickWood)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/5 "2017-10-06T23:32:01Z")

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Excellent Answers All! Thank you very, very much! That got us rolling!

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-sub-category/71558/6 "2017-10-07T10:11:03Z")

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