Rocket Money automatically categorizes your transactions into our predefined categories. Our algorithms are constantly improving but are not perfect.
TIP: The easiest way to find and fix categorization mistakes is to look at a monthly view of your Spending tab. The pie chart there gives you a quick representation of spend, and if a category appears too big, you can tap the icon to quickly see all of those transactions, making it easy to find the transaction that may be throwing things off.
Editing a Category
Sometimes an expense will show up in the wrong category, or you will want to re-categorize an expense. To do this:
Find the expense within your transactions on the Transactions tab
Tap the category listed below the transaction description
Select the correct category
(shown below) 👇
Creating a Custom Category
Premium users can make a custom category by following these instructions 👇
In the mobile app:
Tap on the Settings icon on the top left hand corner of the screen
Select the Categories and Rules tab
Tap New Category
Type in the name you'd like to set for the category and choose an icon & color you'd like to use.
Select the category group (Expenses, Earnings, Ignored)
Select Save.
On the web:
Click the Settings icon
Click on Categories
Click New Category
Type in the name you'd like to set for the category and choose an icon & color you'd like to use.
Select the category group (Expenses, Earnings, Ignored)
Select Save.
Deleting a Custom Category on the Mobile App
If you wish to remove a custom category from your budget:
tap on the Settings (⚙️) icon in the upper left of the Dashboard
Select the Categories and Rules tab
Tap on the name of the category you would like to delete.