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# Categories

> Organize notifications with categories for filtering and user-facing feed segmentation.

Categories are labels used to organize templates and filter notification feed items. When a template has a category assigned, all notifications sent with that template carry the category — allowing end-users to filter their feed by category.

## Managing Categories

1. Go to **Categories** in the sidebar
2. **Create** — Click "Create Category" → Enter name and optional description → Save
3. **Edit** — Click a category → Update name or description → Save
4. **Delete** — Click delete → Confirm removal

## Category Properties

| Field         | Type   | Description                    |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------ |
| `name`        | string | Category name (unique per app) |
| `description` | string | Optional description           |

## Feed Filtering

End-users can filter their notification feed by category using the SDK or feed API. See [List Feed](/rest-api/campaigns-apis/notification-feed/list-feed) for the full API reference.

This only works when `categoryFilterEnabled` is set to `true` on the template's channel configuration.