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Editing and Creating Transaction Categories

How to edit transaction categories, create custom categories and delete custom categories in the Rocket Money mobile app

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Written by Francis
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Rocket Money will automatically categorize your transactions into our predefined categories once you have linked your bank accounts and credit cards to the app. Our algorithms are constantly improving but are not perfect. Sometimes an expense will show up in the wrong category, or you will want to re-categorize an expense.


To edit your transaction’s category in the mobile app:

  1. Navigate to the Transactions tab

  2. Use the search bar to select the transaction you would like to edit

  3. Once your transaction has been selected, tap the category which will be listed below the transaction description

  4. Finally, update to the correct category


If you find that you would like to create categories outside of our default categories, Premium members can create custom categories to be included within their budget.

Creating custom categories is currently available to Premium members.

To create a custom category in the mobile app:

  1. Tap on the Settings (⚙️) icon in the upper left corner of the Dashboard.

  2. Select Categories and Rules

  3. Next, tap New Category

  4. From there, type in the category name you'd like to set and choose an icon and color to correspond to that category. At this time you can also select if you want this category to be included in your spend or income.

  5. After that, select the Category group (Expenses, Earnings, Ignored)

  6. Finally, select Save.

To create a custom category on the website:

  1. Tap on the Settings (⚙️) icon in the upper left corner of the Dashboard.

  2. Select Categories

  3. Next, tap New Category

  4. From there, type in the category name you'd like to set and choose an icon and color to correspond to that category. At this time you can also select if you want this category to be included in your spend or income.

  5. After that, select the Category group (Expenses, Earnings, Ignored)

  6. Finally, select Save.

Deleting a Custom Category on the Mobile App

If you wish to remove a custom category from your budget:

  1. Tap on the Settings (⚙️) icon in the upper left corner of the Dashboard.

  2. Select Categories and Rules

  3. Tap on the name of the category you would like to delete.

  4. Finally, tap on Remove Category

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