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title: "How do I create template categories?"
date: "2025-01-09T20:36:45+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to create and organize template categories in the Admin app. Streamline template searches for users and improve content management efficiency with parent and child categories."
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Template categories display when users are searching for templates and help them quickly and easily find the one they need to customize.  
  

![View template categories from the Category dropdown under All templates.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/d8ddb158-b8e3-4a8d-a472-8629fca0ce9b/web/ka0Pb0000006z0n00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005LvoY.png)

  
  
With the Administrate Template Categories [permission](/acquia-dam/do-i-need-permission-anything-templates "Do I need permission for anything in Templates?"), you can create parent and child categories and organize similar templates into categories from Template Settings in the Admin app.  
  
To create a parent template category:

1.  Click Template categories in the left navigation.
2.  Click Create parent category.
3.  Enter a category name and, if applicable, description. Select to list the category before other categories, at the end of the category list, or to display it alphabetically.
4.  Click Create.

  
To create child categories, or subcategories, click the + next to a category name and enter the information listed above.  
  
Click and drag categories in the categories list to rearrange them.  
  

![Click the plus and minus icons to rearrange how template categories display.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/713b5dbd-e8f7-4a18-b395-e91df3ce2152/web/ka0Pb0000006z0n00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005LvoV.png)