How to remove the arrow from a dropdown select in Webflow?

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Published on Mar 20, 2023
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Custom code to hide the icon of a Webflow select field.
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By default, when you integrate a select field into a Webflow form, you will see a ↓ (downward arrow) icon that "you cannot" remove.

Unless.... you include a little bit of custom code 😉

Discover in this tutorial how to hide this default icon, so you can add your own 100% customizable dropdown icon.

Custom code to hide the default icon of a Webflow select field

  1. Add an HTML embed code editor element
  2. Integrate the custom CSS code below into it
<style>
.w-select {    
  -webkit-appearance: none;    
  -moz-appearance: none;
}
</style>
Webflow select field with arrow icon
The ↓ icon is still present
Custom code to hide the arrow icon in a select field
The ↓ icon is no longer present

And there you have it! The default icon is now hidden ✅

You can now add a custom arrow, created "from scratch" using the designer interface of Webflow.

Florian Bodelot
Florian Bodelot
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