# Trying to move a category but getting "You can't nest a subcategory under another." error

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**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-move-a-category-but-getting-you-cant-nest-a-subcategory-under-another-error/164476 "2020-09-18T17:37:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-move-a-category-but-getting-you-cant-nest-a-subcategory-under-another-error/164476/2 "2020-09-18T20:11:24Z")

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> [@Monte\_Kalisch](#):
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> I have a category (itself with 4 subcategories) that I had at the root, but I want to move under an existing root category.

Discourse only supports two levels of category nesting (category/sub-category.) You’ll need to change the Parent Category of the category’s 4 subcategories before you can convert the root category to a sub-category.

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