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title: "Content Element Category: Overview"
slug: "content-element-category-overview-window"
updated: 2025-10-20T07:04:39Z
published: 2025-10-30T09:00:01Z
canonical: "docs.mapp.com/content-element-category-overview-window"
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# Content Element Category: Overview

## Overview

This section displays all existing categories used to classify content elements. Users can organize content more effectively by creating new categories or maintaining existing ones through edits and deletions.

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## Navigation Path

*Administration > Categories > Content Element*

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### Settings

| **Setting** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **CE Category Name** | Displays the name of each content element category. Editable upon selection. |
| **Owner** | Shows the current category owner. Can be reassigned when editing the category. |
| **Created** | Indicates the timestamp when the category was created. |

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### Actions

| **Action** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Create new CE Category** | Opens a form to define and save a new content element category. |
| **Edit** | Allows editing the name or owner of an existing category. |
| **Show archived CE categories** | Displays previously archived categories for review or reactivation. |

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### Additional Information

- Categories help maintain organized content classification across Engage.
- Archived categories can be reactivated but remain hidden in default views.
- Only users with appropriate permissions can create, edit, or delete categories.