# Browser Defaults and a Small Reset

Every browser styles a page before your CSS arrives, with big headings, blue underlined links and margins you never wrote, and a short modern reset tames the defaults that get in your way without throwing away the useful ones.

![Cheat sheet: Browser Defaults and a Small Reset](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/10/916e9837e8e44ae1a6fa1071470c2fdd.webp)

- Category: CSS
- Level: Apprentice
- Tags: Browser default styles, CSS, CSS reset, Maximum size, Universal selector
- Updated: November 1, 2026

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/cheat-sheets/css-browser-defaults-and-resets-cheat-sheet