# How to tell if a category is a private category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Janeiro 24, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182 "2014-01-24T21:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![shivermetimbers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@shivermetimbers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shivermetimbers)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 24, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182/1 "2014-01-24T21:53:16Z")

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Has there been any thought towards marking a private category differently than a public category? Since we’re trying to use Discourse at the company-level for both internal discussions between employees and external discussions between users and employees, we’d like a way to differentiate public categories from private categories. When you have a large # of categories, this can be useful to quickly identify what’s public and what’s not. Can also help to ensure that an employee does not accidentally post something in a public category that was meant to be part of a private category. It obviously can’t stop this from happening, but could help to prevent it.

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