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 python configure.py --extensions=branchless --resource custom.qrc
 ```
 
+To remove the branch indicators, you must also set the object name for each `QTreeView` or `QTreeWidget` to `"branchless"`, for example, in Python, `tree.setObjectName("branchless")`.
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 ## Example
 
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