# 'Mark as read' needed within categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** bulk-actions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743 "2018-08-14T20:38:05Z")\
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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:** [August 15, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-read-needed-within-categories/94743/6 "2018-08-15T23:36:00Z")

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> [@Beckfield](#):
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> I am requesting a ‘Mark all as read’ button within forum categories so I may continue to use the forums in the efficient manner to which I am accustomed.

There are no plans for this for the forseeable future.

> [@sam](#):
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> You already have the **last visited** line you can rely on which is 100% automatic and gives you similar behavior, so when you catch up on a category you only have to read till you see the “last visit” line.

This is the functional equivalent.

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