Strikethrough & Cross Out Text Generator

A strikethrough text generator — also called a cross out, crossed-out, or line-through text generator — is an online tool that converts your plain text into crossed-out text with a visible line running through each character. You simply type or paste your words at UltraTextGen, and the generator outputs formatted strikethrough text ready to copy and paste into emails, social posts, documents, notes, or any text field.

Choose from single line, thin, double, heavy, slash, wavy, crossed-out, and strike-plus-underline styles. No symbols to memorise, no codes to remember.

The generator adds an invisible overlay mark after every letter in your input. This mark tells browsers and apps to draw a horizontal line through the character.

Because the effect is built into the text itself rather than relying on platform-specific formatting, the result is portable — it displays consistently across most browsers, apps, and devices without requiring any special software. Just paste your text and copy the strikethrough output.

Strikethrough text adds a visual layer of meaning that plain words alone cannot convey. It lets you show corrections while keeping the original visible, inject irony or humour into social posts, mark completed items in a to-do list, or contrast an old idea with a new one in marketing copy.

By preserving the "deleted" text rather than hiding it, you invite the reader into the editing process — making your content feel more transparent, relatable, and engaging.

Strikethrough text is surprisingly versatile. In storytelling, it can reveal a character's inner thoughts or show last-minute revisions. In to-do lists and project updates, it satisfyingly marks completed tasks. In marketing, crossing out an old price next to a new one is a proven attention-grabber.

On social media, it powers ironic humour — saying something while "unsaying" it. Educators use it in quizzes to illustrate wrong answers, and designers embed it in infographics to visualise before-and-after comparisons.

Beyond the classic single horizontal line, generators can produce several alternative styles: a short stroke (tighter line), a long stroke (extends further through each character), a diagonal slash overlay, a wavy or tilde-based line, double strikethrough for extra emphasis, and even underline-through combinations.

UltraTextGen gives you the full suite of supported strikethrough options, including combinations of styles and faster copy-paste workflows.

Customisation starts with choosing the right overlay style — a subtle single stroke for professional edits, a bold double line for dramatic emphasis, or a slashed effect for creative flair.

You can also pair strikethrough with other text styles like bold, italic, or underline to create compound effects. For design-oriented content, consider adjusting surrounding whitespace or combining the crossed-out text with emoji or decorative symbols to match a specific theme or brand voice.

Yes. Generate a bold or italic version of your text first, then apply the strikethrough effect on top. This produces compound styles such as bold-strikethrough (ideal for strong deletions) or italic-strikethrough (useful for soft, understated corrections).

The combined result remains copy-paste friendly across platforms.

Yes, and they matter. Most screen readers interpret strikethrough text as deleted or modified content, which can cause them to skip it or read it in a confusing way.

To keep your content inclusive, avoid long passages of strikethrough; use it sparingly for emphasis. Where possible, provide a plain-text alternative or an explanatory note (e.g., "previously listed as X, now updated to Y") so that all readers receive the same information regardless of how they access your content.

Absolutely. Strikethrough text works seamlessly with Latin scripts, including accented characters common in languages like French or Spanish. The UltraTextGen generator applies the strikethrough to each letter, preserving diacritics and readability.

Example (French for "strikethrough text"): T̶e̶x̶t̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶r̶r̶é̶

Visual consistency is generally excellent, as Latin fonts are widely supported, but older systems might show minor alignment issues with accents.

Yes, the strikethrough effect adapts perfectly to Cyrillic alphabets. The overlay is added per character, creating a clean horizontal line without disrupting the script's unique shapes.

Example (Russian for "strikethrough text"): З̶а̶ч̶е̶р̶к̶н̶у̶т̶ы̶й̶ ̶т̶е̶к̶с̶т̶

Consistency is high in modern fonts, though some cursive-style renderings might slightly offset the line — always test in your platform.

Definitely. Greek letters, including those with diacritics, support strikethrough overlays just like Latin. The generator processes each character individually for a uniform effect.

Example (Greek for "strikethrough text"): Δ̶ι̶α̶γ̶ρ̶α̶μ̶μ̶έ̶ν̶ο̶ ̶κ̶ε̶ί̶μ̶ε̶ν̶ο̶

Visuals are reliable, but in fonts without strong Greek support, the line might appear at a varied height; preview to ensure it aligns well.

Yes, it works for right-to-left (RTL) scripts like Arabic. The overlay attaches to each character, and the text direction remains intact, though the line follows the RTL flow.

Example (Arabic for "strikethrough text"): ن̶ص̶ ̶م̶ش̶ط̶و̶ب̶

Consistency can vary more here due to ligatures (connected letters) and RTL handling — some fonts might show the line slightly above or below the ideal position. Always preview, especially in mixed RTL/LTR contexts.

No, reliable strikethrough is not fully supported due to script complexity.Devanagari involves stacked consonants, vowels, and combining marks, which can cause Unicode strikethrough overlays to misalign, appear incomplete, or render as boxes in many environments. This is a Unicode and font limitation, not specific to the generator.

Example (Hindi for "strikethrough text"): स̶̶्ट̶̶्र̶ा̶इ̶क̶थ̶̶्र̶ू̶ ̶ट̶े̶क̶̶्स̶̶्ट̶

Romanized Hindi (also called Roman Hindi or Hinglish transliteration) works perfectly with strikethrough. Because it is written using the Latin alphabet (A–Z, a–z, with occasional numbers or diacritics like ā, ī, etc.), the tool treats it exactly like English text.

Normal Roman Hindi

Namaste duniya, aap kaise ho?

Ultra Strike (single line)

N̶a̶m̶a̶s̶t̶e̶ ̶d̶u̶n̶i̶y̶a̶,̶ ̶a̶a̶p̶ ̶k̶a̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶?̶

Ultra Double Strike

N̶̶a̶̶m̶̶a̶̶s̶̶t̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶u̶̶n̶̶i̶̶y̶̶a̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶a̶̶p̶̶ ̶̶k̶̶a̶̶i̶̶s̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶h̶̶o̶̶?̶̶

Ultra Slash

N̷a̷m̷a̷s̷t̷e̷ ̷d̷u̷n̷i̷y̷a̷,̷ ̷a̷a̷p̷ ̷k̷a̷i̷s̷e̷ ̷h̷o̷?̷ Just type your Hindi sentence using English letters (like “Aaj mausam bahut accha hai” instead of “आज मौसम बहुत अच्छा है”) and then choose any strikethrough style in UltraTextGen — it will work 100% reliably, just like normal English text.

No, consistent strikethrough is not guaranteed and may fail to render properly. CJK's block-based structure causes the line to appear short, off-center, or as separate elements/broken characters in some fonts. This varies by platform and is not a generator limitation.

Example (Chinese for "strikethrough text"): 删̶除̶线̶文̶本̶

Chinese, Japnese, Korean inputs might show placeholders (□) due to incomplete combiner support. Workaround for Chinese: Use Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) instead of hanzi characters, as it's Latin-based and supports strikethrough perfectly.

Example (Pinyin):

Shān̶chú̶ xiàn̶ wén̶běn̶

Best practice: Always preview your generated strikethrough text in your target app (e.g., social media, docs)

Yes, they work in completely different ways.

Bold usually replaces each letter with a different special character. For example, plain "Test" becomes 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 — the actual characters change.

Strikethrough does not replace anything. It simply adds an invisible overlay mark after every existing character. For example, plain "Test" becomes T̶e̶s̶t̶ — the original letters stay exactly the same; only the line is added on top.

Because strikethrough is an overlay, it works on top of almost any text — including bold text, non-English scripts, emojis, or even numbers and symbols. You can strikethrough any language (Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Russian, etc.) because the overlay works on any script, while bold replacement only exists for certain alphabets. Try it yourself at UltraTextGen — just paste your text and see it striked through instantly.

Keep it purposeful — strikethrough loses impact when overused, so reserve it for moments that genuinely benefit from visible deletion or contrast. Test the output in different apps and screen sizes to make sure the line aligns cleanly with every character.

Combine it with adequate spacing and punctuation so the crossed-out section doesn't collide visually with surrounding words. And if your audience may include screen-reader users, pair the effect with a brief contextual note to maintain clarity for everyone.