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Is it necessary to have a close icon and close button on a modal?

I went through the search here and found a similar question from 10 years ago about Windows modals. This is just a regular agnostic modal. Is there a best practice with this case?
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Close/Cancel function: Use Secondary or Warning type button?

Some software systems use the secondary button for cancel/close functions, and others use the warning button (usually red). Which is more correct?
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Close button position: corner or inside?

This is the modal dialog for the admin page. We had a discussion about the close button position. Which one do you think is better? A is more common and can be seen in many great web apps (Figma, ...
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Should closing the dialog clear its fields?

I identified as the most preferrable strategy for user not to lose their data implementation of confirmation/discard dialog when exiting original one. I expect a few more form dialogs to emerge in ...
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Modal and overlay behavior - When to close the modal

Considering a modal/popup over an overlay, I know that there are certain acceptable ways (as per need), as to which interaction should close the modal, as below: Clicking on overlay Hitting esc key ...
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Avoid closing multiple tabs?

I'm working on a new approach to my modals that when a user opens multiple modals they merge with tabs for each one. This works great to switch between modals without having to close one or drag them ...
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