# how to get strikethrough text?

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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:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/7 "2011-01-21T21:26:17Z")

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More tricks,

> [@testing colours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colours/425528/1):
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> [del][COLOR=Red]red text with black strikethrough[/del]  
> [del]red text with red strikethrough[/del]  
> [del][COLOR=Black]Black text with red strikethrough[/del][/COLOR]  
> [del][COLOR=Red]red text with blue strikethrough[/del][/COLOR]  
> [COLOR=Blue][del][COLOR=Red]red text with blue strikethrough, underlined in green[/del][/COLOR][/COLOR] …

[/COLOR]CMC fnord!

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