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

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**Category:** Product Support\
**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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**Author:** ![Monte\_Kalisch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/monte_kalisch/32/175020_2.png) [@Monte\_Kalisch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monte_Kalisch)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-move-a-category-but-getting-you-cant-nest-a-subcategory-under-another-error/164476/7 "2021-01-05T23:00:32Z")

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This would have been very helpful when I first ran into the problem, but after reading the implementation I think it’s got its own issues. Regardless, I really appreciate you sharing this with us as it could help the next person.

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