# 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, 4:19오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-category-notification-state-historically/29979/4 "2015-06-14T04:19:11Z")

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I think this has to be a pop up dialog that is triggered by setting the notification state for the category.

It should probably be something like

> ### Category Notifications
> 
> You will begin watching any **newly created** topics in the bugs category.
> 
> Do you want to watch all **3,906 existing topics** in the bugs category, too?
> 
> Yes, watch all No, just new cancel

So this would also let you reset watch state on a category, e.g. set all topics in that category to “regular” when you had it set to “tracked” for a few days.

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