Private/Unlisted categories that can still surface public/unlisted topics?

[Lilly]

You can also use a combination of user groups and category security permissions to achieve what you want.

Or perhaps this TC is what you want?

Category Hider Theme Component

Hi all, I’ve created a simple theme component. I hope this could be of use for some! Overview This is a theme component that allows you to hide specific categories from either the hamburger menu or category boxes. Why would you need this component? If your discourse website has a lot of categories and you would like to hide some from appearing in either the menu bar or on the main page, this component can be helpful. Screenshots Preview of Hambur…