# Which category does "Make Public Topic" target?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Novembro 11, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890 "2017-11-11T10:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [Novembro 11, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890/7 "2017-11-11T19:24:20Z")

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Another problem with this is when you want to move a message into a _private_ category. There currently is no way to do that without briefly exposing the topic to the public ☹

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