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title: "How to customize error messages using jQuery validation?"  
description: "How to customize error messages using jQuery validation?"  
author: "Utpal Vishwas"  
published: 2023-05-11  
updated: 2023-05-11  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158287/how-to-customize-error-messages-using-jquery-validation  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery", "jquery validate", "html form", "form validation"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to customize error messages using jQuery validation?

How to [customize error](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160268/how-to-customize-error-messages-for-data-annotation-validation-failures) [messages using jQuery validation](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158286/how-to-display-error-messages-using-jquery-validation)?

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

You can customize [error messages](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160245/how-to-customize-error-messages-with-a-data-annotation-in-asp-dot-net-core) using [jQuery validation](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158280/how-to-include-jquery-validation-in-a-web-page) by using the `messages` option. The `messages` option is an object that contains the error messages for each of the form fields. For example:

JavaScript

```plaintext
$(document).ready(function() {
  // Validate the form
  $("#myForm").validate({
    rules: {
      username: {
        required: true,
        maxlength: 20
      },
      password: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 6
      }
    },
    messages: {
      username: {
        required: "Please enter a username",
        maxlength: "The username must be at most 20 characters long"
      },
      password: {
        required: "Please enter a password",
        minlength: "The password must be at least 6 characters long"
      }
    }
  });
});
```

The `messages` object can be used to customize the error messages for each of the form fields. For example, you can change the text of the error message, or you can add a link to more information about the error.


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