Add a Strikethrough to Text
Strike through text with a combining overlay character. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Add a Strikethrough to Text
- 1. Type or paste your text. Enter the word or phrase you want to appear crossed out into the input pane.
- 2. Let the tool add the overlay marks. There are no settings; the tool inserts a combining strikethrough character after every letter, so the crossed-out look comes from Unicode characters rather than formatting.
- 3. Copy the struck-through text. Copy the result from the output pane and paste it into any plain-text field, since the strikethrough travels with the characters themselves everywhere it goes.
When to use Add a Strikethrough to Text
Add a Strikethrough to Text crosses out a word or phrase using a combining overlay Unicode character, giving a strikethrough look anywhere plain text is accepted. Reach for it whenever a field has no rich text formatting.
- Showing a corrected price or claim. You want to show an old price crossed out next to a new one in a plain-text listing or chat, mimicking a struck-through discount without any markup support.
- Marking a completed to-do item. You keep a plain-text task list and want to visually cross off finished items directly in the text rather than deleting them, preserving a record of what was done.
- Making a joking retraction in a message. You want to strike through a word to humorously retract it mid-sentence, a common informal writing style, in a chat app that doesn't support real strikethrough formatting.
Examples
Strikethrough
Input
hello
Output
h̶e̶l̶l̶o̶
About the Add a Strikethrough to Text tool
Add a Strikethrough to Text is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Strike through text with a combining overlay character. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 211 Text utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
There is nothing to configure. Provide the input and the result appears on its own. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every keystroke is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Add a Strikethrough to Text cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.