Guide on removing the padding from MailChimp boxed text 

Step 1
Start by styling a ‘boxed text’ container exactly how you’d like it. 

Step 2
Preview the email, right click and select ‘Inspect Element’.

Step 3
Click on the boxed text container which will reveal the HTML code. 

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Step 4
Scroll up to find the start of the tag, right click and select ‘Edit as HTML’ 

Step 5
Select all and copy.  

Step 6
Go back to the MailChimp template editor. Drag and drop a ‘Code’ block under your boxed text. 

Step 7
Remove the placeholder HTML code and paste in your copied code. 

Step 8
Now here is where we remove the padding. Find where it says padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px; and delete it.

Step 9
The padding has gone! *Hands up in celebration* 

Step 10
Remove the original boxed text and finally preview and test.  

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