# Browser default styles

Styles the browser adds before yours, like blue links and heading sizes.

## What are **browser default styles**?

**Browser default styles** are the styles every browser adds before yours: bold headings, blue links, margins around paragraphs. Your CSS builds on top of them.

```css
body { margin: 0; }   /* remove the browser's default 8px page margin */
```

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Updated: September 27, 2026

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