# How to set default Topic 'Category'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927 "2020-03-20T10:23:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![salmanfarisvp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salmanfarisvp/32/173510_2.png) [@salmanfarisvp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salmanfarisvp)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/1 "2020-03-20T10:23:21Z")

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Hi Community,  
How can I set up set default Topic **Category** from **Uncategorized**

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/2 "2020-03-20T17:28:12Z")

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You can turn off `allow uncategorized topics`, but I don’t believe that there is a way to set a default category.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/3 "2020-03-24T01:05:25Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> I don’t believe that there is a way to set a default category.

I actually think this is a legit feature request. Work around is that you can name “uncategorized” whatever you want, so you would give it a different name and it would be default selected.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/4 "2020-03-24T02:21:37Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> Work around is that you can name “uncategorized” whatever you want, so you would give it a different name and it would be default selected

It’s the workaround, but That never goes well. Uncategorized doesn’t have permissions and other stuff that categories have and then it’s impossible to debug because user forgot that they renamed it.

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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: [March 24, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/5 "2020-03-24T02:56:22Z")

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We added a bunch of visible warnings around doing this, which has definitely helped.

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### Author: ![salmanfarisvp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salmanfarisvp/32/173510_2.png) [@salmanfarisvp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salmanfarisvp)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/6 "2020-03-26T11:54:23Z")

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Thank you , I tried as you suggested and it’s working.

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### Author: ![alexjpanagis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexjpanagis/32/263387_2.png) [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-default-topic-category/144927/7 "2020-09-03T23:06:10Z")

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Are there active plans to implement this feature now? 🙂