# how to get strikethrough text?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452>\
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**Created:** [January 21, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452 "2011-01-21T15:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![rustenailz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rustenailz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rustenailz)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/21 "2015-11-08T05:39:05Z")

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[del]for[/del]

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**Author:** ![rustenailz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rustenailz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rustenailz)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/22 "2015-11-08T05:40:32Z")

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[del]you[/del]

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/23 "2015-11-08T15:15:04Z")

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I’m curious about this

[del][COLOR=Black]black text with red strikethrough[/del][/COLOR]

eta: It’s not working for me in Chrome. I’m getting all black. Is it working for other people?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/24 "2015-11-08T15:16:11Z")

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I’m seeing red.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/25 "2015-11-08T15:25:48Z")

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And if you really want to annoy people, you vary the sizes not the colors anyway.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/26 "2015-11-08T15:26:51Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> I’m seeing red.

That’s weird. Are you using Chrome?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/27 "2015-11-08T15:31:26Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> That’s weird. Are you using Chrome?

Red in Firefox, black in Chrome.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/28 "2015-11-08T15:56:31Z")

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Red in tapatalk

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/29 "2015-11-08T19:54:02Z")

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Black in two browsers on my phone. Chrome for Android and the default browser on my LG phone.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/30 "2015-11-08T23:48:06Z")

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All black in Safari.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/31 "2015-11-09T00:45:08Z")

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Red in firefox on linux.

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