Strikethrough text generator
Cross out text anywhere — including apps with no formatting menu — using combining strike, slash, underline and overline marks.
- Runs in your browser
- Nothing you enter is sent
- Free, no account
c̶r̶o̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ o̶u̶t̶
Strikethrough · Combining long stroke overlay, U+0336
c̵r̵o̵s̵s̵e̵d̵ o̵u̵t̵
Short strikethrough
c̲r̲o̲s̲s̲e̲d̲ o̲u̲t̲
Underline
c̳r̳o̳s̳s̳e̳d̳ o̳u̳t̳
Double underline
c̸r̸o̸s̸s̸e̸d̸ o̸u̸t̸
Slashed
𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭
Bold · Mathematical Bold — the one that works in Instagram bios and LinkedIn headlines
𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡
Italic
𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕
Bold italic
𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍
Sans-serif
𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁
Sans-serif bold
𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵
Sans-serif italic
𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩
Sans-serif bold italic
𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝
Monospace
𝒸𝓇ℴ𝓈𝓈ℯ𝒹 ℴ𝓊𝓉
Script (cursive)
𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓾𝓽
Bold script
𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱
Fraktur (old English)
𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖙
Bold fraktur
𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥
Double-struck (outline)
ｃｒｏｓｓｅｄ ｏｕｔ
Fullwidth (aesthetic) · The vaporwave look — CJK-width Latin letters
ⓒⓡⓞⓢⓢⓔⓓ ⓞⓤⓣ
Circled (bubble)
🅒🅡🅞🅢🅢🅔🅓 🅞🅤🅣
Circled filled
🄲🅁🄾🅂🅂🄴🄳 🄾🅄🅃
Squared
🅲🆁🅾🆂🆂🅴🅳 🅾🆄🆃
Squared filled
⒞⒭⒪⒮⒮⒠⒟ ⒪⒰⒯
Parenthesised
🇨🇷🇴🇸🇸🇪🇩 🇴🇺🇹
Regional indicator · Renders as flag-style letter tiles on most phones
ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ
Small caps
ᶜʳᵒˢˢᵉᵈ ᵒᵘᵗ
Superscript (tiny)
cᵣₒₛₛₑd ₒᵤₜ
Subscript
ʇno pǝssoɹɔ
Upside down · Flipped characters, then the whole string reversed
tuo dessorc
Reversed
c r o s s e d o u t
S p a c e d
c̅r̅o̅s̅s̅e̅d̅ o̅u̅t̅
Overline
c̰r̰o̰s̰s̰ḛd̰ o̰ṵt̰
Wavy underline
c̖̀r̡̉ơ̌s̘̆s̘̅e̞̊d̠̎ ŏ̠ű̡t̞̆
Cursed — light
c̡̖̜̀̉̋r̡̞̞̉̆̃ơ̜̙̌̌̇s̘̘̖̆̆̈s̡̘̅̂̉̚e̞̙̖̊̄̎d̡̠̖̎̌̎ ŏ̠̟̗̏̄ű̡̙̗̅̃t̛̞̆̈̊̚
Cursed — medium
c̡̛̖̜̞̘̀̉̋̏̀̍r̡̛̞̞̗̖̉̆̃̍̇̈ơ̡̜̙̝̞̌̌̇̋̇̃s̘̘̖̟̗̆̆̈̎̎̏̚s̡̘̜̞̅̂̉̅̄̆̚̚e̛̞̙̖̟̞̊̄̎̋̏̊d̡̛̠̖̟̟̎̌̎̅̆̍ ŏ̠̟̗̖̘̘̏̄̂̊́ű̡̙̗̙̟̖̅̃̌̊̀t̛̞̝̗̙̆̈̊̂̊̀̚
Cursed — heavy · Enough combining marks to bleed into the lines above and below
✧･ﾟ: crossed out :･ﾟ✧
Sparkles
★彡 crossed out 彡★
Shooting stars
♡ crossed out ♡
Hearts
❀ crossed out ❀
Flowers
『crossed out』
Corner brackets
【crossed out】
Lenticular brackets
༺ crossed out ༻
Scroll
˜”*°•.˜”*°• crossed out •°*”˜.•°*”˜
Wave
➶➶➶ crossed out ➷➷➷
Arrows
.•°¤*(¯`★´¯)*¤° crossed out °¤*(¯´★`¯)*¤°•.
Dotted frame
How a line gets through plain text
Unicode has a category of characters called combining marks. They have no width of their own; they attach to the character immediately before them and the font draws both together. Putting U+0336 COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY after every letter gives you a strikethrough that is part of the text rather than part of the formatting.
| Mark | Codepoint | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Long stroke overlay | U+0336 | The standard strikethrough |
| Short stroke overlay | U+0335 | Shorter dashes; better in wide fonts |
| Long solidus overlay | U+0338 | A diagonal slash through each character |
| Low line | U+0332 | Underline |
| Double low line | U+0333 | Double underline |
| Overline | U+0305 | A line above |
Why the line sometimes looks broken
Each mark is drawn per character, so the line is really a row of short strokes. Whether they
join depends on the font: monospace and condensed fonts join cleanly, while wide proportional
fonts leave visible gaps, especially around spaces and narrow letters like i and
l. If the standard mark looks gappy, try the short-stroke or slash variant — the
slash in particular never looks broken, because it was never meant to be continuous.
Use the native syntax where it exists
| Where | Native way |
|---|---|
| Discord | Wrap in double tildes |
| Slack | Wrap in single tildes |
| Wrap in single tildes | |
| Markdown / GitHub | Double tildes |
| Google Docs, Word | A real strikethrough command |
Those produce proper formatting that renders consistently and stays searchable. This page is for everywhere else: bios, form fields, spreadsheet cells, plain-text notes, and the many apps that have no formatting at all.
Search stops finding the words
Adding a combining mark changes the byte sequence, so a plain-text search for the original word no longer matches. Sometimes that is exactly the effect people want — a crossed-out phrase that does not show up in a search — and sometimes it is a nasty surprise when you later try to find your own note. Worth knowing before you strike through a whole document.
How it is read aloud
Badly, generally. Screen readers vary: some ignore combining marks and read the text normally, some announce each mark, and some fall back to spelling the word out. A real strikethrough in a document is announced as such and can be skipped by the listener; this cannot. If the crossing out carries meaning — a price that no longer applies, a task that is done — say so in words as well.
Copying safely
Combining marks are invisible characters, so a partial selection can leave a stray mark behind or drop one from the start. Use the copy button next to each style rather than selecting by hand, particularly on a phone.
Questions
How does strikethrough work without any formatting?
Each character is followed by U+0336, a combining long stroke overlay. The font draws the line through the character it follows, so the effect travels with the plain text.
Why does the line look broken between letters?
Because it is one short stroke per character, and how far each stroke extends is up to the font. Proportional fonts with wide letter spacing show small gaps. Try the short-stroke variant.
Does this work in Discord and Slack?
Both have their own markdown for it — wrap text in double tildes in Discord. Use their native syntax where it exists; this page is for the places that offer nothing, such as bios and form fields.
Will search still find the crossed-out words?
Usually not. The combining marks change the byte sequence, so a plain-text search for the same word will miss it. That is occasionally useful and frequently a nuisance.