How to Create a Table without a Header in Markdown

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# How to Create a Table without a Header in Markdown

There are multiple ways to create a table without a header in markdown.

For example, you could leave the header fields empty.

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|         |         |         |
| ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Value A | Value B | Value C |
| Value E | Value F | Value G |

table without headers in markdown

All of the screenshots in this article use GitHub-flavored markdown but the examples work in vanilla markdown and Jupyter Notebook markdown as well.

You can also use a comment in the place of the headers.

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| <!-- --> | <!-- --> | <!-- --> |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Value A  | Value B  | Value C  |
| Value E  | Value F  | Value G  |

table without headers in markdown

You can also use the   (non-breaking space) character sequence when leaving the headers empty.

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| &nbsp;  | &nbsp;  | &nbsp;  |
| ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Value A | Value B | Value C |
| Value E | Value F | Value G |

using nbsp character instead

You could also use a simple span element to achieve the same result.

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| <span/> | <span/> | <span/> |
| ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Value A | Value B | Value C |
| Value E | Value F | Value G |

using nbsp character instead

Since the header text in your table gets bolded automatically, you can also create a table without a header by bolding the text in all cells.

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| Some        | Header      | Text        | Here        |
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| **Value A** | **Value B** | **Value C** | **Value D** |
| **Value E** | **Value F** | **Value G** | **Value H** |

simulate table without headers by bolding cell text

If you look closely, you might also see that by default, the header text is center-aligned.

You can use a colon : to align the header text to the left so it doesn't stand out.

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| Some        | Header      | Text        | Here        |
| :---------- | :---------- | :---------- | :---------- |
| **Value A** | **Value B** | **Value C** | **Value D** |
| **Value E** | **Value F** | **Value G** | **Value H** |

table without headers centered left

# Create a table without a header in markdown using HTML

You can also use HTML to create a table without a header.

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<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 1</td>
    <td>Value 1</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 2</td>
    <td>Value 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 3</td>
    <td>Value 3</td>
  </tr>
</table>

create table without headers using html

I've also written a detailed guide on how to write lists inside a table in markdown.

If you use vanilla markdown or any other type of markdown where you can apply CSS, you can also use a style tag to hide the headers.

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<style>
  th {
    display: none;
  }

  thead th:empty {
    display: none;
  }
</style>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>First</th>
    <th>Second</th>
    <th>Third</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 1</td>
    <td>Value 1</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 2</td>
    <td>Value 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Key 3</td>
    <td>Value 3</td>
  </tr>
</table>

hide table headers using css

Note that this wouldn't work in GitHub markdown because GitHub automatically strips the style tags.

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How to Create a Table without a Header in Markdown

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