# Private Message to Private Category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-to-private-category/85937
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-to-private-category/85937 "2018-04-23T05:46:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-to-private-category/85937/2 "2018-04-23T09:31:07Z")

</div>

This has been suggested previously…

> [@Which category does "Make Public Topic" target?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890):
>
> When I click Make Public Topic on a Private Message, the message is converted to a topic - but I can’t work out which category it will end up in. How do I set the category for the ex-message? Thanks, Nick

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-message-to-private-category/85937)._