Type your text, pick a style, and copy plain-text formatted output you can paste anywhere.
Most apps and social platforms don't have a built-in button for strikethrough or underlined text. This tool builds the effect character-by-character so you can copy real plain text that looks styled anywhere — Instagram bios, Twitter/X posts, Discord, emails, or chat apps that don't support rich formatting.
It uses special Unicode "combining characters," invisible marks that attach to the character before them. A combining line character attaches to every letter you type, so the line appears to run through the whole word — even though it's really just plain text under the hood.
Beyond classic strikethrough, the same trick can produce underline, double underline, a diagonal slash effect, a dotted underline, and a wavy underline — all selectable above. Here's what each one looks like:
For different letterforms entirely (bold, italic, cursive, aesthetic, or handwriting-style fonts), try our Online Font Generator for fancy, cursive, handwriting, cool, and calligraphy-style text.
Strikethrough text is text with a horizontal line drawn through the middle of each character, typically used to show something has been removed, corrected, or is no longer relevant — while keeping it visible for context.
In Microsoft Word, select your text and press Alt + H, 4 (or add the strikethrough button to your Quick Access Toolbar). In Google Docs, use Alt + Shift + 5 (Windows) or ⌘ + Shift + X (Mac). Outside these apps, most platforms have no shortcut at all — that's what this generator is for.
Common uses include crossing out completed to-do items, marking outdated prices next to a new discounted price, showing edits or corrections in documents, adding humor or sarcasm to social media posts, and indicating deprecated or removed content in changelogs.
Type your text into the input box above, keep "Strikethrough" selected, and copy the result. Because it's made of Unicode characters rather than formatting, you can paste it directly into any website, app, or field — no Word or rich-text editor needed.
See also: Case Converter