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[Resolved] How to hide “Required fields are marked *” in WP blog comments

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    Michael on October 5, 2022 at 7:27 pm #46797

    Hi guys,

    I recently updated my WP to 6.0.2, all’s good but suddenly I get the following new text on the blog comment area …

    Required fields are marked (asterisk)

    plus an asterisk next to COMMENTS above text input field.

    Can I remove these new items? They are pretty pointless as there is only the comment text input field, nothing else. Pointless information, just adds clutter.

    Thanks for any help.

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    Brajesh Singh on October 6, 2022 at 9:39 am #46802

    Hi Michael,

    By default, all the fields required in comments are marked with asterisk. If it was not visibile, your theme might have the labels modified.

    Can you please tell me which theme are you using?

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Michael on October 6, 2022 at 2:24 pm #46804

    Thanks Brajesh,

    I updated WP from 5.5 (approx.) to 6.0.2, then those unwanted text/asterisks appeared.

    Theme is Twenty Sixteen.

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    Brajesh Singh on October 6, 2022 at 11:45 pm #46813

    Hi Michael,
    Thank you.

    You can hide all the asterisk from the comment form(in twentysixteen theme) by adding the following code to Dashboard->Appearance->Customize->Additional CSS.

    
.comment-form .required{
	display:none;
}

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Michael on October 7, 2022 at 12:11 am #46816

    Thanks Brajesh,

    I applied that CSS, it removed the blue asterisks but not the text “Required fields are marked”.

    Anything else I can do to remove that text?

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    Brajesh Singh on October 7, 2022 at 12:14 am #46817

    Please add this too

    
.comment-form .required-field-message{
	display: none;
}

    That should take care. Please let me know of that works for you or not?

    Regards
    Brajesh

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    Michael on October 7, 2022 at 12:36 am #46819

    That worked perfectly, all done.

    Thankyou, sir.

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    Brajesh Singh on October 7, 2022 at 12:40 am #46820

    You are welcome.

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