Customizing categories and groups
by Rook
Last Updated July 19, 2026
Categories are fully yours
Zypper starts you with a sensible default set, but every category can be changed and new ones created. A category has a name, an emoji, a color, and a type — income, spending, savings, debt, or transfer — and lives inside a category group that organizes your budget and reports.
Managing categories
Everything happens in Settings › Categories:
- Create a category in any group, with its own emoji and color
- Edit any category — rename it, restyle it, or move it
- Archive a category you no longer use — it disappears from pickers, while its transaction history stays intact; unarchive anytime
- Reorganize groups — create groups and arrange categories to match how you actually think about your money
Category changes flow through everywhere: your budget, cash flow breakdowns, filters, and rules.