Unicode Strikethrough
Add a Unicode combining stroke through each character — s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ that survives copy-paste.
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About Unicode Strikethrough
This tool appends a combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) after each character in your input. The mark renders as a horizontal line drawn through the preceding character. Because it's a real Unicode mark rather than CSS styling, the strikethrough survives paste into any environment that doesn't allow rich text.
When to use it
- Marking text as crossed out in a tweet, chat message, or username
- Producing visible 'edits' in a plain-text document
- Showing struck-through prices in a profile bio or social post
How it works
After each character (excluding whitespace), the tool inserts U+0336, a combining diacritical mark that draws a horizontal line through the preceding glyph. The base text is unchanged; the strike is purely visual decoration.
Examples
Strikethrough applied to each non-space character
Hello World
H̶e̶l̶l̶o̶ W̶o̶r̶l̶d̶
Frequently asked questions
- Will it work everywhere?
- Most modern apps render U+0336 correctly. A few older mobile platforms and some terminals don't, in which case you'll see the original text plus a small box.
- Is the original text recoverable?
- Yes — strip all U+0336 characters and you have the original. The remove-accents tool will also remove these.
- Is it accessible?
- Screen readers typically ignore the combining mark and read the underlying text normally — so unlike Unicode bold/italic, strikethrough is roughly accessibility-neutral.