# Restrict topic create without a category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820 "2022-04-01T13:35:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@thimiraonline](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thimiraonline)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820/1 "2022-04-01T13:35:19Z")
I am new to Discourse and I want to know how could I stop creating new topics without a category.
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### Author:  [@anon77664303](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon77664303)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820/2 "2022-04-01T13:37:08Z")
Just start a new topic, and leave it **uncategorized** (the default category)!
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### Author:  [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820/3 "2022-04-01T17:04:53Z")
In case @thimiraonline wants to _turn off_ the Uncategorized category (I think that’s the request…), that is possible.
There is a setting called `allow uncategorized topics`. It’s description is:
> Allow topics to be created without a category. WARNING: If there are any uncategorized topics, you must recategorize them before turning this off.
So before you uncheck it, make sure to move any topics to a different category; selecting multiple topics and moving them in bulk is sometimes useful here. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-create-without-a-category/222820/5 "2023-11-07T11:28:42Z")
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