# If I disallow uncategorized, what happens to old posts?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-disallow-uncategorized-what-happens-to-old-posts/143334
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-disallow-uncategorized-what-happens-to-old-posts/143334 "2020-03-04T19:01:06Z")
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### Author: ![natehilpert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natehilpert/32/171764_2.png) [@natehilpert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/natehilpert)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-disallow-uncategorized-what-happens-to-old-posts/143334/1 "2020-03-04T19:01:06Z")

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What happens if I disallow uncategorized – does it delete the old posts?

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### Author: ![smrtey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@smrtey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smrtey)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-disallow-uncategorized-what-happens-to-old-posts/143334/2 "2020-03-04T19:05:08Z")

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You need to delete or move all existing topics out of uncategorized in order for the change to take effect.

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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: [April 3, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-i-disallow-uncategorized-what-happens-to-old-posts/143334/3 "2020-04-03T19:05:28Z")

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