# Moving a sub-category to its own category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13.Май.2017 12:54:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651 "2017-05-13T12:54:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [13.Май.2017 12:54:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/1 "2017-05-13T12:54:06Z")
I have a sub-category that is getting out of control. The posts are on a very broad range of topics. I would love to be able to move this sub-category out of its parent to make it its own category to enable me to filter topics into their own sub-categories. I only see an option to change the parent. Am I missing something?
I could create a new topic then move the posts but I really don’t want to break all the existing search engine links and linked topics.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [13.Май.2017 13:21:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/2 "2017-05-13T13:21:27Z")
Do you not see “No category” as one of the parent categories?
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [13.Май.2017 23:53:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/3 "2017-05-13T23:53:55Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Do you not see “No category” as one of the parent categories?
Thanks for the reply. No, I do not get that option.
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [13.Май.2017 23:57:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/4 "2017-05-13T23:57:45Z")
@codinghorror, why did you change “it’s” in the title to “its”. “It” ownes the category and the ’ is used to show possession.
Edit: I just looked it up, both forms of the word are correct. I left it as your version.
Edit2: I was completely wrong.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [14.Май.2017 00:01:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/5 "2017-05-14T00:01:53Z")
No, “it’s” is incorrect here. It is also incorrect in several places in your first post but I left those.
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [14.Май.2017 00:05:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/6 "2017-05-14T00:05:04Z")
Haha, thanks for the lesson man. I have some reading to do.
I was exactly backward in the [usage](http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/1-grammar-error/) actually.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [14.Май.2017 09:44:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/7 "2017-05-14T09:44:29Z")
> [@csorrows](#):
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> Thanks for the reply. No, I do not get that option.
That’s very weird! Can you open the parent category dropdown and post a screenshot of the page?
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [14.Май.2017 22:40:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/8 "2017-05-14T22:40:48Z")
Sure. I will post it when I get home tonight. Thank you for taking the time to try to help.
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 09:31:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/9 "2017-05-15T09:31:12Z")
> [@fefrei](#):
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> That’s very weird! Can you open the parent category dropdown and post a screenshot of the page?
Here is the top of the list
and the bottom of the list
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 09:32:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/10 "2017-05-15T09:32:35Z")
What happens when you select `Select a category...` and save?
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 09:33:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/11 "2017-05-15T09:33:07Z")
I have been scared to to that… I’ll make a backup then try. Be right back…
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 09:36:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/12 "2017-05-15T09:36:13Z")
> [@csorrows](#):
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> I have been scared to to that… I’ll make a backup then try. Be right back…
OMG that worked. Thanks for the help. Do you know if all the posts have been symlinked to the new location?
Edit: I just tested a few links and they still work. My community thanks you @fefrei!
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 09:52:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/13 "2017-05-15T09:52:26Z")
No links should be necessary – the URLs for topics are not specific to the category the post is in 🙂
This text might need some editing – in the German translation, I see something like “no category” as the top entry, which makes a lot more sense…
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 10:24:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/14 "2017-05-15T10:24:04Z")
Ahh, got ya.
I did notice another issue though, latest posts for the moved category are still listed under the old parent. Is there a way to refresh this or just wait until it gets populated with new ones?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 10:24:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/15 "2017-05-15T10:24:40Z")
Did you rename or otherwise mess with “uncategorized”?
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 10:25:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/16 "2017-05-15T10:25:42Z")
Not that I am aware, I just removed its parent.
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### Author:  [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)
#### Post date: [15.Май.2017 10:29:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/17 "2017-05-15T10:29:58Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Did you rename or otherwise mess with “uncategorized”?
Oh, do you mean the parent in the stock build? I’m trying to remember back when I built the forum. I do not have a category named “uncategorized” if that is what you are asking.
Edit: I started a [new thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-sub-category-into-a-parent-leaves-latest-in-old-parent/62778) for this new issue. Thanks for the help!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [08.Июнь.2024 12:44:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-sub-category-to-its-own-category/62651/18 "2024-06-08T12:44:46Z")
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