# Add option to modify Global (subscribed) categories via campaigns
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288
**Category:** Ideas and Feature Requests
**Tags:** campaigns
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288 "2018-02-26T15:32:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@brandner](https://forum.mautic.org/u/brandner)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288/1 "2018-02-26T15:32:36Z")
Originally posted as [Add option to modify Global (subscribed) categories via campaigns · Issue #4504 · mautic/mautic · GitHub](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/issues/4504)
Mautic documentation seems to suggest using ‘subscribed categories’ to allow contacts to control their preferences although segments can be used. These categories are under ‘Global Categories’ and the preferences page functionality works great.
Contact profile data, segments and tags can all be modified using campaigns. However, it is not possible to adjust a contact’s subscribed categories via campaigns. This means that a campaign cannot change contact preferences nor can a team perform maintenance campaigns ex - migrate from segments to categories.
One possible solution - add campaign action ‘Modify Contact’s Categories’
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### Author:  [@deva](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deva)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288/2 "2018-06-04T08:11:45Z")
I miss this function too. Currently the categories can not be used. The categories should also become available during import or export.
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### Author:  [@pochatm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/pochatm)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288/3 "2018-06-19T18:05:31Z")
Have you found a work around?
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### Author:  [@brandner](https://forum.mautic.org/u/brandner)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-option-to-modify-global-subscribed-categories-via-campaigns/10288/4 "2018-06-26T10:01:40Z")
We just stayed with segments, although the category functionality would simply our segments quite a bit.