I need an unordered list without any bullets

Question

I need an unordered list without any bullets

Question

I have created an unordered list. I feel the bullets in the unordered list are bothersome, so I want to remove them.

Is it possible to have a list without bullets?

praveenjayapal

2019/04/21

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If you're using Bootstrap, it has an "unstyled" class:

Remove the default list-style and left padding on list items (immediate children only).

Bootstrap 2:

<ul class="unstyled">
   <li>...</li>
</ul>

http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/base-css.html#typography

Bootstrap 3 and 4:

<ul class="list-unstyled">
   <li>...</li>
</ul>

Bootstrap 3: http://getbootstrap.com/css/#type-lists

Bootstrap 4: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.3/content/typography/#unstyled

Scott Stafford

2020/06/20

You need to use list-style: none;

<ul style="list-style: none;">
    <li>...</li>
</ul>

karim79

2020/04/15

Small refinement to the previous answers: To make longer lines more readable if they spill over to additional screen lines:

ul, li {list-style-type: none;}

li {padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;}

charliehoward

2019/04/21

If you're unable to make it work at the <ul> level, you might need to place the list-style-type: none; at the <li> level:

<ul>
    <li style="list-style-type: none;">Item 1</li>
    <li style="list-style-type: none;">Item 2</li>
</ul>

You can create a CSS class to avoid this repetition:

<style>
ul.no-bullets li
{
    list-style-type: none;
}
</style>

<ul class="no-bullets">
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <li>Item 2</li>
</ul>

When necessary, use !important:

<style>
ul.no-bullets li
{
    list-style-type: none !important;
}
</style>

Antonio Ooi

2019/04/21

I used list-style on both the ul and the li to remove the bullets. I wanted to replace the bullets with a custom character, in this case a 'dash'. That gives a nicely indented effect that works when the text wraps.

ul.dashed-list {
    list-style: none outside none;
}

ul.dashed-list li:before {
    content: "\2014";
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 0 -27px;
    padding: 0;
}

ul.dashed-list li {
    list-style-type: none;
}

<ul class="dashed-list">
  <li>text</li>
  <li>text</li>
</ul>

Chris Halcrow

2020/05/22

Paul Dixon · Accepted Answer · 6/15/2019 6:10:48 AM

Accepted Answer

You can remove bullets by setting the list-style-type to none on the CSS for the parent element (typically a <ul>), for example:

ul {
  list-style-type: none;
}

You might also want to add padding: 0 and margin: 0 to that if you want to remove indentation as well.

See Listutorial for a great walkthrough of list formatting techniques.

Paul Dixon

2019/06/15