# Muting category does not mute sub-categories in email

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/muting-category-does-not-mute-sub-categories-in-email/23948
**Category:** Meta Elastic
**Created:** [June 18, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/muting-category-does-not-mute-sub-categories-in-email/23948 "2015-06-18T22:56:05Z")
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### Author: ![mattweber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattweber/32/44940_2.png) [@mattweber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattweber)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/muting-category-does-not-mute-sub-categories-in-email/23948/1 "2015-06-18T22:56:05Z")

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Muting a category with sub-categories such as "Elastic in your native tongue" does not mute emails for the sub-categories. Is this expected? Do I need to mute every sub-category?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/muting-category-does-not-mute-sub-categories-in-email/23948/2 "2017-07-06T13:47:34Z")

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