---
title: "How to Disable Linked Categories in Joomla 3.1"
description: "The default behavior within Joomla 3.0's article options is to show the category an article belongs to, and to have that category as a link. When you click the category link, it will bring you to a..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/link-category/
date: 2012-09-07
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 3"]
tags: ["Joomla v3"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Disable Linked Categories in Joomla 3.1

The default behavior within [Joomla 3.0’s article options](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/show-parent-category/) is to show the category an article belongs to, and to have that category as a link. When you click the category link, it will bring you to a page showing other articles that belong to that category.

If you don’t want the category name to be a link back to the category, Joomla 3.0 gives you the option to disable this feature. The setting is referred to as *Link Category*, and is given the following description:

**Link Category**

*If set to Yes, and if Show Category is set to ‘Show’, the Category Title will link to a layout showing articles in that Category.*

**To turn off linked categories in Joomla 3.0:**

1. [Log into your Joomla 3.0 administrative dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. In the menu at the top of the page, click **Content** and then click **Article Manager**
3. You will then see a list of articles on the page. Click the article that you want to adjust this *linked category* setting for.
4. In the list of tabs at the top of the page, click the tab labeled **Article Options**
5. Find the setting labeled **Link Category**. Click either *Use Global*, *No*, or *Yes*. Then, click **Save** in the top left of the page.[![linked-category](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_linked-category.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_article-options_linked-category.gif) You can see in the screenshot to the right how this setting affects our pages. As you can see, *Test Article 2* has the option to have a linked category, while *Test Article 1* does not have the setting for a linked category. **Please note!** In our testing, we noticed that this setting only affects category pages (pages that list articles belonging to a specific category – as in the screenshot above). When you are viewing a specific article, the category will always be a link, regardless of the *link category* setting.