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Matt Breneman
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August 18, 2026
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Disable Ideas and Articles from Category Topis

  • August 18, 2026
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Hello all! I am building a community for the first time and could use some guidance. Is there a way to edit the Category Topics on the main community page? I don’t see the pencil for editing so I wasn’t sure if there is a way to edit this from Control. We have built a custom page as a workaround, but I would love to use the basic function here. 

Thank you!

    Best answer by jvdc

    Yeah you can do this in Control in the configuration page for that specific category:

    But this will also prevent users from posting this kind of topics in that category.

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    jvdc
    jvdcAnswer
    Expert ⭐️
    August 18, 2026

    Yeah you can do this in Control in the configuration page for that specific category:

    But this will also prevent users from posting this kind of topics in that category.

    Matt Breneman
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    August 18, 2026

    @jvdc Thank you! Clearly missed that part 😅 I appreciate the quick response!

    atwhite
    Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    August 19, 2026

    @Matt Breneman Alternatively, you can lay out your page using widgets other than that default one, if you prefer skipping that tabbed experience altogether. 

    For example, we have used the Tabs widget in some areas rather than the default Category Topics widget, because we prefer its customization options in some cases.

    Matt Breneman
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    August 19, 2026

    Thank you for the suggestion! We had tested that route by building a custom page, but we didn't test hiding that default section and then using a widget. I’ll definitely give the other widgets a look and see if there is one that we prefer over the categories tab. Thank you!