Strikethrough Text

The strikethrough and underline styles available

The strikethrough and underline text generator adds lines over, under or through your letters and gives you the result ready to copy and paste anywhere. Unlike normal formatting, this text keeps the effect when pasted, because it uses real Unicode characters instead of styles that only work inside an editor.

Type your text and you'll get eight variants instantly, each ready to copy with one click:

• Strikethrough: a horizontal line through the text (s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶).
• Slash: a diagonal bar over each letter.
• Short strike: a shorter, subtler line over the text.
• Wavy: a tilde-shaped line, like a spell-check underline.
• Underline: a line beneath each letter.
• Double underline: two lines beneath, for more emphasis.
• Overline: a line above the text.
• Strike + underline: both lines combined at once.

How to use the strikethrough generator

1. Type or paste your text in the box.
2. The eight styles are generated instantly, with no button to press.
3. Pick the one you like best and tap its card to copy it.
4. Paste it into your social network, chat, bio or document.

How strikethrough text works

The effect is achieved with Unicode combining characters: small marks (lines, bars or tildes) placed over the previous character. Since they're part of the text itself, they copy and paste along with the letters and keep the strikethrough in most apps, with no formatting options needed. That's why it works even where there's no strikethrough button.

What strikethrough text is for

• Deals and prices: show the old price struck through next to the new one, a marketing classic.
• Visible edits: let people see what you changed without deleting it entirely.
• Aesthetics in bios and posts: give your profile or posts a different touch.
• Emphasis and humor: strike a word to hint at what you "really" mean.
• Chats and messages: highlight or correct text where there are no formatting options.

Tips and compatibility

• Simple strikethrough is the most compatible; combined styles may look slightly different depending on the device.
• Some apps (like WhatsApp) have their own ~tilde~ strikethrough, but this method works in many more and can be copied anywhere.
• Check how the result looks where you'll paste it before publishing.

Privacy: everything happens in your browser

The text is transformed entirely on your own device; nothing is sent to any server, so you can use it with complete peace of mind.

Common use cases

Strikethrough and underline text is useful in many situations:

Where it's used most

• Shops and deals: old price struck through next to the discounted price.
• Social media: bios and posts with a different style.
• Editing and review: showing changes without deleting the original text.
• Humor and memes: striking a word for the "what I meant to say" effect.
• Message design: emphasizing or downplaying parts of the text.

Strikethrough in marketing and deals

One of the most common uses is showing the original price struck through next to the discounted price, a technique widely used in shops and ads to convey a discount at a glance. With this tool you can create that effect anywhere you don't have formatting options, like a bio or a post.

Frequently Asked Questions