Can't link my CSS in public folder | Laravel | Page 1

Im trying to link my custom.css that i put in my public directory, but when i tried to link it in my blade file it's not showing the style that I've setted

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>

    @extends('includes.bootstrap')

    <link href="/css/custom.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="d-flex">
        <aside class="sidebar" id="sidebar">
            <ul class="sidebar flex-column list-unstyled">
                <li class="sidebar-item">
                    <a class="sidebar-link text-dark" href="#">
                        <i class="fa-solid fa-house"></i>
                        <span>Home</span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="sidebar-item">
                    <a class="sidebar-link text-dark" href="#">
                        <i class="fa-solid fa-users"></i>
                        <span>Student</span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="sidebar-item">
                    <a class="sidebar-link text-dark" href="#">
                        <i class="fa-solid fa-person-chalkboard"></i>
                        <span>Teacher</span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="sidebar-item">
                    <a class="sidebar-link text-dark" href="#">
                        <i class="fa-solid fa-book-open"></i>
                        <span>Subject</span>
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="sidebar-item">
                    <a class="sidebar-link text-dark" href="#">
                        <i class="fa-solid fa-people-roof"></i>
                        <span>Class</span>
                    </a>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </aside>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

#Can't link my CSS in public folder