Standard Strike
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Cross it out.
Add a line through text even in plain-text fields without a strikethrough button. The effect is built with Unicode combining marks, so you can copy the result rather than carrying rich-text formatting.
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bad ideaResults are generated locally in your browser. Character support can vary by app, device and text field.
What happens when you copy strikethrough text.
Strikethrough on this page works by adding combining overlay marks to characters. That is fundamentally different from the bold or cursive pages: the original letters stay in the string and the overlay asks the renderer to draw through them.
Before you paste
Compatibility matters.
Fancy Unicode is useful because it is portable text, but the destination still decides what characters it accepts and how they render.
- Combining marks can line up differently between fonts and devices.
- Copying into systems that sanitise combining characters may remove the line.
- Long struck-out paragraphs become visually noisy and harder to read.
Quick answers
Strikethrough Text Generator FAQ
A few useful details about how this particular text effect behaves when you copy and paste it.
Why is the line uneven sometimes?
Each character receives a combining overlay mark. The final appearance depends on the receiving font and shaping engine, so the stroke can look more continuous in some apps than others.
Is this Markdown strikethrough?
No. Markdown commonly uses tildes such as ~~text~~ and requires the destination to interpret the markup. This generator creates a visible Unicode overlay in the copied text itself.
Can I remove the strike later?
Yes if you still have the text in an editor that lets you remove combining marks; otherwise it is often easiest to keep the original plain text too.
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Related text styles
Try a nearby style when you want a different mood or a more readable result.