# Set category notification state historically

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-notification-state-historically/29979>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [6월 14, 2015, 2:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-notification-state-historically/29979 "2015-06-14T02:02:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [6월 14, 2015, 2:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-notification-state-historically/29979/2 "2015-06-14T02:55:37Z")

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> [@AmiAthena](#):
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> There should be an option to apply the status to the entire category, not just new topics.

As long as it was an **option**. I would not want to turn on watching a category and have that applied unilaterally to every topic already in the category.

Here’s another thought … for something like changing watching to tracking, you might want to have the change applied only to the existing topics that are you currently watching. I.e. if you turned off watching for a topic, you probably wouldn’t want it to be set to tracking.

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