How to Strikethrough Text When There Is No Format Button
Many chat apps have no strikethrough button. This guide shows how combining characters give you the same crossed-out look in plain text.
What is the Strikethrough Text Generator?
This tool adds a combining long stroke after each character, drawing a line through your text. It works as plain text, so it carries over when you paste it into apps that have no strikethrough button. Use it to show a correction, a joke edit, or a crossed-out price in a message.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text in the box.
- Click Strike through.
- Copy the struck-through text and paste it where you want it.
Worked example
Old price comes back with a line drawn through every letter, so it reads as crossed out even in apps without a strikethrough format button.
Does struck-through text copy correctly?
Yes, in most apps. The stroke travels with each letter as a combining character, so the crossed-out look usually survives copy and paste.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as a strikethrough button?
It looks similar, but it works by adding a combining character to plain text, so it survives pasting into apps without formatting.
Will screen readers read it normally?
Most screen readers read the letters and ignore the stroke, which is handy for a joke edit but means it is not a substitute for real deleted content.