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Strikethrough Text Generator
Strikethrough works differently from the styles that swap your letters out. It keeps every character you typed and adds a combining line over the top of each one, which has some useful consequences.
Script and decorative
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Formatting
Where this style works
| Where you paste it | Result |
|---|---|
| Mostly | |
| TikTok | Mostly |
| Discord | Works |
| Mostly | |
| X (Twitter) | Works |
| Mostly |
What it converts
- A to ZAll of them
- a to zAll of them
- 0 to 9All of them
Screen readers and search
This style keeps the real letters and adds a mark to each one, so screen readers still read the word and search still finds it.
Usernames are different
Every style here works in a bio, caption, message or status. None of them work in an @username or handle: those fields are checked against a short list of plain characters and anything else is refused. That is the field rejecting the characters, not the generator failing.
The mark is a separate character stacked onto the letter. It lands slightly differently from font to font, and a few apps strip these marks out.
How it works
After each character the generator inserts U+0336, the combining long stroke overlay. Your letters are untouched: an a is still an a, with an invisible instruction attached telling the renderer to draw a line across it. Nothing is installed, and the effect is produced entirely by characters already defined in Unicode. Letters in both cases and all digits accept the mark, so an entire line including numbers can be struck through.
Keeping the real letters is a genuine advantage and it is worth stating plainly. Because the underlying text is intact, browser find on page and in-app search will still match your words. Screen readers read the sentence normally rather than announcing character names. Of all the styles on this site, the combining ones are the only group that does not trade away accessibility for appearance.
The weakness is rendering. Combining marks are drawn by the font, and where a font positions the stroke poorly the line can sit high, low or slightly offset from the letter. A few apps and input fields also strip combining marks during validation or when generating a preview, which is why Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Facebook are marked as partial rather than reliable. Discord and X handle it consistently. Both Discord and WhatsApp also have native strikethrough of their own, written as double tildes and single tildes respectively, and where that is available it is the better choice.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to what people ask us most
Why does the line look misaligned in some apps?
The stroke is a combining mark positioned by whichever font is drawing the text. Fonts vary in how carefully they place it, so on some devices it sits slightly high or low.
Does WhatsApp not already do this?
It does. Wrapping a word in single tildes gives you native strikethrough in WhatsApp, and Discord uses double tildes. Use the built-in version where it exists and this one for apps that offer nothing.
Can people still search my struck-through text?
Yes. The original letters are still there, so search and browser find both match. This is the main reason to prefer combining styles over the ones that replace letters.
Do numbers get struck through too?
Yes. The mark attaches to any character, so digits, letters and most punctuation all take the line.