# Mute all categories but

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-all-categories-but/384552>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 2, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-all-categories-but/384552 "2025-10-02T15:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![hellekin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hellekin/32/51636_2.png) [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-all-categories-but/384552/1 "2025-10-02T15:07:02Z")

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## Problem

I have a group with people using _mailing\_list\_mode_, that has a “watch first post” on a category.

Because they’re using _mailing\_list\_mode_, they receive everything from public categories that they are not (necessarily) interested about. So I would like to **mute everything but** the watched category.

Is there a way to do this without having to identify each and every category to mute – or is there an easy way (using #data-explorer queries) to get those categories?

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