# 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:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 24, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-if-a-category-is-a-private-category/12182/2 "2014-01-24T22:03:08Z")

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A few simple examples of custom CSS rules to style the private category tag differently:

> 🔒 feature

or topic backgrounds, say purple/orange/red, would be great.

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