Strikethrough Text Generator

Unicode has combining characters that draw on top of the character before them. U+0336, the combining long stroke overlay, draws a horizontal line through a letter. Adding it after every letter crosses out the whole word, and because it is plain text, it survives copy and paste into apps that have no formatting.

How combining marks are drawn depends on the font. Most fonts on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac join the strokes into a smooth line, but some leave small gaps between letters or place the line slightly off. The full strikethrough and underline styles are the most reliable.

For a continuous line across a whole phrase, leave 'Skip spaces' off. If you want each word crossed out separately, which can look tidier for single words or prices, turn it on.

Yes, that's one of the most common uses: for example 'Now $29, was $̶4̶9̶'. Make sure the new price is in normal text so it is easy to read and screen readers can say it.

Usually they read the letters but ignore the marks, so the crossed-out meaning is lost, and some read every mark aloud. Don't rely on strikethrough alone to say something is cancelled or outdated. Add a word like 'was' or 'old'.

Not always. WhatsApp has its own strikethrough with ~tildes~ and Discord uses ~~double tildes~~, but those only work inside those apps. The Unicode version from this tool works everywhere, including Instagram, LinkedIn and X, which have no strikethrough option.