# How do I remove or style the asterisk (*) for required fields on HubSpot forms?
Technical Difficulty: Intermediate
Written by [Stephanie O'Gay Garcia](/content/hubspot-website-development/author/stephanie-ogay-garcia/index.html)
First Published:
September 22, 2019
Last Updated:
October 22, 2023
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When you enable the "Make this field required" setting on a HubSpot form field, it will show an asterisk (*) next to the field label:
You can remove or style this on your portal using CSS.
## Remove the required field asterisk
You can remove the required field asterisk using the following CSS snippet:
```
.hs-form-required { display: none; }
```
[Scroll down](/content/hubspot-website-development/how-do-i-remove-or-style-the-asterisk-for-required-fields-on-hubspot-forms#where-to-add-the-code-snippets-above/index.html) to learn where to add this code.
## Style the required field asterisk
Alternatively, instead of removing the asterisk completely, you can also style the asterisk using CSS.
### Changing the colour
You can update the colour of the asterisk above with the following CSS snippet:
```
.hs-form-required { color: #0171b2; }
```
where you can replace the above colour (`#0171b2`) with your own.
## Where to add your code
There are a few places you can add this code depending on your comfort level and which forms you'd like to hide the asterisk on.
### Add the code to your theme's stylesheet
The best practice would be to update your website theme's stylesheet. You can find your theme by going to Marketing > Files & Templates > Design Tools and locating your theme in the sidebar.
In most HubSpot themes that follow [the CMS boilerplate](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/building-blocks/themes/hubspot-cms-boilerplate) structure, you can go into css > elements and open the `_forms.css` file which will already have a "Validation" section with the `.hs-form-required` CSS class:
However, themes vary a lot. Also, if you're using a Marketplace theme, you'll need to create a child theme to make any changes, so I wouldn't recommend updating this unless you're comfortable with CSS.
Note that updating the styling from your theme's stylesheet will affect all forms on your website.
### Add the code to your template or page
You can style the form on a specific template or page in the "Additional markup" section of your template or the "Head HTML" settings of your page (read HubSpot's help article [here](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/cos-general/how-can-i-add-code-snippets-to-the-head-and-footer-html-of-my-pages#add-code-to-the-head-or-footer-html-of-a-specific-page)).
If you are doing this, you'll want to add the opening `` tag after your CSS, like this:
```
```
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