Instructions for creating strikethrough text in Word for beginners

With instructions on how to create strikethrough text in Word 2016 and formatting tips, this article is the optimal document solution for you.

How to create strikethrough text

Step 1: Select (highlight) the text or paragraph that needs to be crossed out:

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Step 2: Then, go to the Home tab and click on the Strikethrough icon :

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And the result you will see the selected text has been crossed out;

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Alternatively, you can do it another way: Go to the Home tab -> click the arrow in Font

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The Font dialog box appears, you will see 2 options for strikethrough text:

+ Strikethrough: Create a strikethrough.

+ Double Strikethrough: Create 2 horizontal lines.

Suppose you want to select 2 horizontal lines, you do as shown below and can preview in Preview . Finally, you click OK :

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Result when you select Double Strikethrough:

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Remove strikethrough in Word

- If you create a strikethrough by highlighting it and then going to the Home tab and clicking the Strikethrough icon ,  you can repeat the operation one more time to remove the strikethrough.

- If you go to the Home tab -> click the arrow in Font , to remove the dash, you just need to uncheck the Strickethrough or Double Strickethrough box and it will be successful.

As you can see, the operation of creating strikethrough text in Word is very simple and almost anyone can do it. For those of you who are new to Word, this guide will be very useful and necessary for you to better understand this feature.

Samuel Daniel

Update 19 February 2025