# Custom CSS/HTML in non-default theme (without component)
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**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** css\
**Created:** [February 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-html-in-non-default-theme-without-component/256301 "2023-02-26T13:28:14Z")\
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**Author:**  [@bquast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bquast)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-css-html-in-non-default-theme-without-component/256301/1 "2023-02-26T13:28:15Z")
The default theme allows for custom CSS/HTML in its settings.
As an experiment, I wanted to hide the timeline, great suggestion for doing this using CSS was made (different topic). The suggestion was to implement the 4 lines as a theme component. Not difficult, but I thought the custom CSS option in the default theme might be easier.
I switched my theme and inserted the 4 lines as custom CSS. Indeed this worked perfectly.
This makes me wonder why this custom CSS/HTML is available (only) here. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have this as a general setting?
There is probably also a use for custom CSS only in a theme, but a general one would also be useful right?
**EDIT** : Just adding a link here to the main topic discussing custom CSS, which described the above “Default” theme approach: [Making custom CSS changes on your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-css-changes-on-your-site/168101)
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