# Requiring a Category Before Posting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185 "2019-06-12T21:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185/2 "2019-06-12T21:07:46Z")

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There is! Disabling the uncategorized category will require users to choose a category before they can start typing. To do so, go to site settings and uncheck `allow uncategorized topics`.

Users will see the following when trying to post:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/1/312e110436a046c0f6c461b400e47bcb1dfcd7e1.png)

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