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title: "Manual Assignment of Link Categories"
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updated: 2026-07-28T15:55:49Z
published: 2026-07-28T15:55:49Z
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# Manual Assignment of Link Categories

Link categories let you analyze click behavior and trigger automations based on which links recipients click. In the **Assign Link Categories** window you set or change the category of each link in a message by hand. Create the category first (see [Link Categories](/v1/docs/link-categories)).

## Navigation Path

1. Follow the email creation process until you reach **Step 2 – Content**.
2. Click **Link Categories**. The **Assign Link Categories** window opens and lists every link in the message.

![Email content settings with the Link Categories section highlighted.](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/Link Categories.png)

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## Settings

| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **URL \| Description** | Shows the link destination and the link text recipients see in the message. |
| **Current Category** | Shows the category currently assigned (may have been set automatically via keyword or Regex). |
| **New Category** | Choose a new category from the drop-down list, or: - **Keep current category** – no change is applied. - **No category** – the category is removed from the link. |

Example:

![Assign Link Categories window with the link list and category drop-down.](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/image(857).png)

Click **OK** to apply. The links are then treated as manually assigned and can only be changed by hand.

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## How Automatic and Manual Assignment Interact

- If your system assigns categories automatically, the Regex assignment runs once — the first time you open the window. After that, you change categories only by hand.
- A manual assignment overrides the automatic one for that link and disables keyword/Regex assignment for it. Later changes to the Regex no longer affect the message.
- Only a change to a category's **name** is applied system-wide.

> [!WARNING]
> Warning
> 
> Manual assignment of a link category is lost when the message is saved as a draft.

## Related

- [Link Categories](/engage-link-categories.md)