Quick Answer
Strikethrough text is made by placing a combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) after every character, so “text” becomes t̶e̶x̶t̶ — plain Unicode that pastes into Discord bios, Slack profiles, posts, and usernames. The strikethrough text generator at https://practicalwebtools.com/text/strikethrough-text does this live, keeps emoji whole, offers the shorter U+0335 variant, and copies in one click. It runs entirely in this browser tab — check the Network tab.
How It Works
Paste the text you want crossed out
Pick the long stroke (U+0336) or the short stroke (U+0335) variant
Copy the struck-through result into your bio, profile, or post
Paste struck text back in to strip the overlays and recover plain text
Key Facts
- Every character gets a combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) — standard crossed-out text
- Second variant uses the short stroke overlay (U+0335) for a tighter, dashed-in look
- Emoji, ZWJ families, and accented letters stay whole — marks are never inserted inside a character
- Paste-ready for Discord bios and nicknames, Slack profiles, posts, and usernames
- Strip mode removes stroke overlays from text you paste back in
- Live preview and one-click copy, no signup
- Output is longer than input — each strike is one extra invisible combining character
- Runs entirely in this browser tab — check the Network tab: your text is never uploaded
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I make strikethrough text?
Type or paste your text into the strikethrough text generator and the crossed-out version appears instantly, ready to copy. Under the hood it places a combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) after every character, so the strike is part of the text itself — no formatting menu needed where you paste it.
How do I use strikethrough on Discord or Slack?
In regular Discord messages and Slack messages, the native formatting is usually cleaner: wrap text in double tildes (~~like this~~). Unicode strikethrough matters where that formatting does not work at all — Discord bios, nicknames, server names, and Slack profile fields accept plain characters only, and that is exactly what this generator produces.
What is the difference between the long and short strike variants?
The long strike uses U+0336, a combining overlay that stretches across the full width of each character — the familiar crossed-out look. The short strike uses U+0335, which places a shorter dash over each character. Both are pure Unicode; pick whichever renders better on the platform you are pasting into.
Does strikethrough text work with emoji and accented letters?
Emoji are preserved as whole characters: the generator never inserts a combining mark inside a surrogate pair or into the middle of a multi-code-point emoji family, so 👨👩👧 stays one glyph. Accented letters like é keep their accent, and clusters that end in variation selectors or skin-tone modifiers are left untouched so emoji keep their usual rendering.
Can I remove strikethrough from text?
Yes. Paste any struck-through text into the input box — the character counts treat it as plain text — or use the strip behavior: every U+0335 and U+0336 overlay in your paste is dropped, leaving the original characters. That is also how you verify nothing else changed: stripping the output always returns your input exactly.
Is strikethrough text accessible and searchable?
Partially, and it is worth knowing before you use it widely. Because the strike is a separate combining character, screen readers may announce it oddly or skip it, some fonts render the overlay off-center, and search engines and Ctrl+F searches will not match struck text against its plain form. It is a display trick — fine for bios and jokes, wrong for important information.