Forgetful functor (category theory)

Some categories have a forgetful functor U:𝐂𝐒𝐞𝐭 which maps a category to its underlying set. One such category is 𝐆𝐫𝐩, whose forgetful functor "forgets" the group structure leaving only the underlying sets of objects and plain functions in place of group homomorphisms.

There are "partially-forgetful" functors that forget some, but not all structure. Consider for example, an inclusion functor \catnameField\catnameRing, which forgets the structure of division, but preserves that of addition and multiplication.