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On the page layout Click on Setup. Go to Quick Find and enter Object. Choose the object. Under the Page Layouts section, Click on Edit on the page layout that you use on the object. Click the wrench icon beside the custom field that you will make required. Select the Required checkbox. Click on Ok, then click on Save.

You can use either asterisks or visual indicators to mark the required fields. As a UX Designer, I always recommend marking all required form fields as required, unless there is a specific reason not to.

How to indicate a required field. Provide the required text in the label. Provide a graphic * image in the label with appropriate alt text. Providing a star (asterisk) symbol.

Set the Required property for a field to Yes Select the field that you want to require always has a value. In the Field Properties pane, on the General tab, set the Required property to Yes.

Click on gear icon then Setup > Object Manager. Choose the object > Page Layouts. Select the page layout that you use on the object. Click on the wrench icon beside the custom field that you will make required. Select the Required checkbox. Click on Ok, then click on Save.

Standard required fields are required. You can't make them optional. I have heard of people making Visualforce pages to set those fields to some value "behind the scenes", but they're still populated with some value. That's a lot of code to write just to add the convenience of a single field not being required.

Make a Standard field 'Required' by using Page Layout in Lightning Experience User Interface: Click Setup. Click Object and fields. Select Object Manager. Select Object. Click Page layout. Edit 'Layout' and make the field to Required.