Strikethrough Text Generator

Features

• Real strikethrough that survives copy and paste
• Long stroke, short bar and slash-through styles
• Works in chat, bios, posts and documents
• Click a style to copy it instantly
• Runs entirely in your browser, nothing is uploaded

How to use it

1. Type or paste your text in the box.
2. Choose the strikethrough style you want.
3. Click it to copy the crossed-out text.
4. Paste it into your message, list or post.

How strikethrough survives a plain text box

Crossing out text normally needs a formatting toolbar, which most chat boxes, bios and comment fields do not have. This tool gets the same look without any formatting by using combining characters: invisible marks in Unicode that attach to the character just before them and draw a line through it. Each letter carries its own strike, so the effect travels with the text wherever it is pasted.

There are a few combining marks that produce slightly different results. A long stroke overlay draws a continuous line through the whole word, a short bar strikes each letter individually, and a solidus overlay puts a diagonal slash through the text. They are all real characters, so a plain box that would discard bold or italic formatting keeps the strikethrough intact.

Strikethrough is perfect for showing an old price next to a new one, marking a completed item, or a bit of dry humour, and it works in places a formatting button never reaches. Because it relies on combining characters, a few older apps render it imperfectly, and screen readers do not announce the line, so keep it decorative rather than load-bearing for meaning.