# Question about muting a category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-muting-a-category/56795
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-muting-a-category/56795 "2017-02-02T14:37:52Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-muting-a-category/56795/2 "2017-02-02T14:58:49Z")

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You need to set it historically to muted for all existing users, see the following topic

> [@(Obsolete) Set category tracking level defaults historically](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-set-category-tracking-level-defaults-historically/53165?source_topic_id=46987):
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> warning Following the release of Discourse v2.4.0.beta7 (or if you have [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b2f682f35eba0cc3f09588356ecf8d1dd824542f)), admins now have the option to set the category tracking levels of all existing users when setting the default category tracking levels in their site settings: Add a category to one of the following site settings, then select the green checkbox button. A modal window will pop up with the following options: play_button The old way using the console

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