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A free strikethrough and underline text generator that uses Unicode combining diacritics to produce 7 line/strike effects: classic Strikethrough, Tilde Strikethrough, Slash Through, Underline, Double Underline, Overline, and Combined Strike + Underline. Combining characters render as a line drawn through (or under, or over) every letter, paste-safe in Instagram bios, Twitter / X posts, Discord, WhatsApp status, sale price tags, edited captions, and any modern app. No image rendering, no font installation — pure Unicode characters that survive copy-paste anywhere.
Unicode includes a category called combining diacritics — characters that visually attach to the previous character rather than standing on their own. The combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) attaches a horizontal line through the previous character — what we see as strikethrough. Combining low line (U+0332) attaches a line below — underline. Combining overline (U+0305) attaches a line above. Each combining character is appended after the base letter; the rendering engine draws them as overlays. The result is paste-safe text that renders identically across every modern app — no fonts, no images.
Three different combining characters produce three slightly different strike effects. Long stroke overlay (U+0336) — straight horizontal line, the most common strikethrough. Cleanest, most readable. Short stroke overlay (U+0337) — short diagonal slash through each character. Visually busier, looks "edited" or "cancelled". Tilde overlay (U+0334) — wavy tilde drawn through each character. Looks like marker-pen redaction, perfect for "this is no longer relevant" effects. Pick by mood: long stroke for clean strikethrough, slash for edits, tilde for redacted.
Yes — every variant uses Unicode combining diacritics (U+0334-U+0337, U+0332-U+0333, U+0305) that render correctly on every modern operating system and inside every major app. Instagram, Twitter / X, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, TikTok all display strikethrough text natively. Note: WhatsApp also supports its own native strikethrough syntax (~text~) which renders in the app's native style and may be preferable for in-app messaging.
WhatsApp's ~text~ syntax produces strikethrough only inside WhatsApp — copy-pasting it elsewhere gives plain text with tildes. The Unicode strikethrough generated here is paste-safe across every app — copy from this tool, paste into Discord, Instagram, Twitter, email — and the strikethrough survives. Use Unicode for cross-app posts; use WhatsApp's native syntax for messages staying inside WhatsApp.
Combining diacritics are positioned by the rendering engine of each operating system / app. iOS and Android render combining marks slightly differently — line thickness, horizontal extent — which is why the same strikethrough text might look slightly thicker on one platform vs. another. Functionally identical, just visually nuanced.
Yes — the "Strike + Underline" variant in this tool combines two diacritics (U+0336 + U+0332) on each character. You can build others manually by stacking combining characters: e.g., strikethrough + overline gives a tally-mark look. The tool ships with the most useful combinations pre-built; for more obscure stacks, use the Fancy Text Generator or copy combining marks directly.
Mostly no — screen readers may announce each combining character ("LATIN SMALL LETTER H, COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY, LATIN SMALL LETTER E…"), which is unintelligible. For accessibility-sensitive contexts (corporate communications, government sites, formal writing), use the platform's native strikethrough formatting (HTML <s>, Markdown ~~text~~, Word's strikethrough toolbar) instead of Unicode.
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