# How do I mute a category on the boards?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mute-a-category-on-the-boards/916831>\
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**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mute-a-category-on-the-boards/916831 "2020-07-30T14:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mute-a-category-on-the-boards/916831/1 "2020-07-30T14:27:26Z")

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Didn’t want to hijack a thread, so …

In another thread somebody mentioned “When we moved to Discourse, I muted the Pit.”

How do I mute a category?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mute-a-category-on-the-boards/916831/2 "2020-07-30T14:53:39Z")

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Profile\>Preferences\>Categories. At the bottom of the page is the mute function.

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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mute-a-category-on-the-boards/916831/3 "2020-07-30T15:18:31Z")

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That works. Thanks.