# New topic not defaulting to uncategorised

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-not-defaulting-to-uncategorised/241996>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-not-defaulting-to-uncategorised/241996 "2022-10-15T23:29:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-not-defaulting-to-uncategorised/241996/17 "2022-10-16T11:55:30Z")

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> [@spdegabrielle](#):
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> I actually like the behaviour of [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org); where is defaults to ‘general’ instead of uncategorised

If you’re aiming for this outcome rather than `#uncategorized` as your deafult you should be safe creating a new `#general` category, moving all of your `#uncategorized` topics into it using the bulk tool, and then disabling `allow uncategorized topics` in your admin settings in preparation (though this won’t fix the dropdown).

However, this will only take a Team member a couple of minutes to fix up along with manually updating your hidden `general_category_id` setting so you may just want to wait. 🙂

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