Strikethrough text generator

Most apps don't let you format text: a social media bio, a comment or a username has no strikethrough button. This tool works around that with Unicode combining characters. These are invisible marks that attach to the character before them and draw a line through, under or over it.

The generator inserts one mark after every character:

Because the line is part of the text itself, it survives copy and paste into most websites, chat apps and documents. If you paste text that already has one of these marks, the old marks are removed first so they don't stack up.

With Include spaces on, the line continues across the gaps between words, giving one unbroken line. Turn it off if you only want the words lined and the spaces left clean, which some people find easier to read. Line breaks are never marked.

Say you want your bio to read Coffee addict, ex-night owl with night owl crossed out:

1. Type night owl in the box.
2. Choose Strikethrough and keep Include spaces on.
3. Copy the result: n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶o̶w̶l̶.
4. In your bio, type Coffee addict, ex- and paste the crossed-out words after it.

Only the part you ran through the generator is lined; the rest of your bio stays normal text.

• Social media bios and posts. Cross out an old price next to the new one, or a word you "take back" for comic effect.
• Usernames and display names where the platform allows Unicode.
• Chats and comments that don't support formatting.
• Spreadsheets and plain-text notes where you want to mark items as done.

A few practical notes:

• Fonts differ. The line is drawn by the font. In some fonts it may sit slightly too high, too low or look broken between letters.
• Character limits. Each visible character becomes two characters, so the text uses roughly double the length in places that count characters, such as post or bio limits.
• Accessibility. Screen readers may read the combining marks aloud or skip the line entirely, so don't rely on strikethrough to convey important meaning.
• Search. Text with combining marks isn't found by a normal search for the plain word.

Where real formatting exists, prefer it. Word processors, email apps and many chat apps have a proper strikethrough option, and Markdown-based apps often use ~~text~~. Real formatting stays searchable and is read correctly by assistive technology.

Use the Unicode version where nothing else works. To remove the lines later, paste the text into remove accents: it strips all combining marks, including these lines (and any real accents), and leaves the plain letters.

For other text effects, try superscript and subscript or upside-down and reverse text.