# What are Categories in Mautic?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-categories-in-mautic/15835>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** community, development\
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-categories-in-mautic/15835 "2020-08-27T14:21:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mgulam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mgulam/32/593_2.png) [@mgulam](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mgulam)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-categories-in-mautic/15835/1 "2020-08-27T14:21:23Z")

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Categories repeats in multiple places in Mautic, it repeats in campaigns, emails, companies, marketing messages, etc. What is the function of that? How do I make the right call for naming my categories? Is there a difference between categories and naming conventions?

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-categories-in-mautic/15835/2 "2020-08-28T15:46:01Z")

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Maybe this helps (watch the video)

> **[Global Categories - Mautic](https://mautic.com/help/understanding-global-categories/)**
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> Global categories allow you to assign any asset, form, email, segment, landing page, campaign and contact to the same category, enabling you to more easily track all of these facets.

Why would you use it? This is why:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/8/85aeaa4842a13ee4ab43fb00a352a7c10bcc4821.jpeg "Understanding Contact Preferences and Categories") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROLD5Ik_B8)

Good luck to you!  
Joey