Remove category icon Sparkling theme

I’m not familiar with that theme, so there may be a setting in Appearance -> Themes -> Customization to turn that feature on and off.

The folder icon is coming from line 539 of your style.css:

#secondary .widget_categories ul li:before {
    content: "?";
}

You could edit it there to remove it; however, if you were to ever update the Sparkling theme, your change would be overwritten.

If the Sparkling theme gives you the option of adding custom CSS, you can try this:

#secondary .widget_categories ul li:before {
    display: none;
}

The other alternative would be to create a child theme of Sparkling according to the directions here, and then add the code above to your child theme’s style.css. That way, you can customize all you want and your changes won’t be overwritten.

Hi linux4me2 thank you so much for your help, it worked after I removed line 539 from my css.

Again thanks for taking the time to help, I will definitely look in to creating a child theme.