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title: "[Set Up Your Project] - Multi Line Textbox"
description: Documentation for the Multi Line Textbox field, including what it is and which properties can be configured.
url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-content-types/multi-line-textbox
product: Set Up Your Project
doc_type: field-reference
audience:
  - developers
  - content-managers
version: v1
last_updated: 2026-03-26
---

# [Set Up Your Project] - Multi Line Textbox

This page describes the **Multi Line Textbox** field, what it’s used for, and which field properties you can configure when adding it to a content type. It’s intended for developers and content managers setting up content types and managing entries.

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Multi Line Textbox

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The **Multi Line Textbox** field enables users to enter multi-line arbitrary text as content.

**Note**: This field does not provide any formatting options.

When you [add this field in content type](/docs/developers/create-custom-fields/use-custom-field-in-content-types), it displays a text area on the [entry](/docs/content-managers/working-with-entries/about-entries) page to enter a large chunk of data, for example, an address.

This field possesses certain [properties](/docs/developers/create-content-types/about-field-properties) that you can change at any time as per your needs. The properties that can be modified are “[Display Name](/docs/developers/create-content-types/display-name),” “[Unique ID](/docs/developers/create-content-types/unique-id),” “[Placeholder Value](/docs/developers/create-content-types/placeholder-value),” “[Instruction Value](/docs/developers/create-content-types/instruction-value),” “[Help Text](/docs/developers/create-content-types/help-text),” “[Number of Characters](/docs/developers/create-content-types/number-of-characters),” “[Validation (Regex)](/docs/developers/create-content-types/validation-regex),” “[Validation Error Message](/docs/developers/create-content-types/validation-error-message),” “[Default Value](/docs/developers/create-content-types/default-value),” “[Mandatory](/docs/developers/create-content-types/mandatory),” “[Multiple](/docs/developers/create-content-types/multiple),” and “[Non-localizable](/docs/developers/create-content-types/non-localizable).”

**Additional Resource:** You can read more about [Field Visibility Rules](/docs/developers/create-content-types/about-field-visibility-rules) in our documentation where we have covered them extensively

After adding this field in content type, you will see it on your entry page.

**Additional Resource:** You can use [Validation (Regex)](/docs/developers/create-content-types/validation-regex) with the title field. To know more, read our documentation.

## Common questions

**Q: Does the Multi Line Textbox field support formatting options?**  
A: **Note**: This field does not provide any formatting options.

**Q: Where does the Multi Line Textbox appear after adding it to a content type?**  
A: When you add this field in content type, it displays a text area on the entry page.

**Q: Can I change the Multi Line Textbox field properties later?**  
A: This field possesses certain properties that you can change at any time as per your needs.

**Q: Where can I learn more about Field Visibility Rules?**  
A: You can read more about Field Visibility Rules in the documentation where they have covered them extensively.