Never remove CSS outlinesBy: Guilherme Simões. Published: January 25, 2013. Removing outlines in CSS creates issues for people navigating the web with a keyboard. Using the CSS rule :focus { outline: none; } to remove an outline on an object causes the link or control to be focusable, but removes any visible indication of focus for keyboard users. Methods to remove it such as onfocus="blur()" resu