To strikethrough text in Markdown, you have to write two tilde symbols together, then type the text you want to strikethrough; after that, add two tilde symbols.
~~text~~
Note: In HTML 4 and XHTML 1, code for strikethrough text is strike
element. But the strike
element is now deprecated. Now you have to use s
element to strikethrough text.
Markdown | HTML Output | Rendered Output |
---|---|---|
This is a ~~strikethrough~~ text. | This is a <s>strikethrough</s> text. | This is a |