# Add a new category in a cookbook app

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** cookbook-app\
**Created:** [May 23, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602 "2025-05-23T10:15:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josef\_Walter](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/josef_walter/32/72007_2.png) [@Josef\_Walter](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Josef_Walter)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602/1 "2025-05-23T10:15:09Z")

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How can I add a new category in Cookbook. There is only a update-Button.  
Thank You for Your help.

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**Author:** ![christianlupus](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/christianlupus/32/22699_2.png) [@christianlupus](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/christianlupus)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602/2 "2025-05-23T10:54:44Z")

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In the current state, you can add only one category to a recipe (just a warning about this). You go to the recipe under consideration, edit it and click on the category field. You can type there with the keyboard and select the typed (not yet existing) category. Once you save (and potentially reload IDK), the category is created on the fly.

Chris

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**Author:** ![Josef\_Walter](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/josef_walter/32/72007_2.png) [@Josef\_Walter](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Josef_Walter)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602/3 "2025-05-24T22:08:10Z")

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Thank You, Chris.  
I had already discovered this input technique, but I didn’t know that only one category works. Now it works!  
Greetings Josef

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**Author:** ![christianlupus](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/christianlupus/32/22699_2.png) [@christianlupus](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/christianlupus)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602/4 "2025-05-25T06:43:48Z")

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We got the feedback that this is somewhat counter-intuitive. Thus, there is the plan to change this behavior and create categories in advance and assign them only. I think it makes sense to allow for multiple categories (or drop the categories in favor of tags completely).

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**Author:** ![system](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/system/32/29333_2.png) [@system](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/add-a-new-category-in-a-cookbook-app/225602/5 "2025-06-02T06:44:34Z")

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