# Is there a way to use strikethrough in my post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911 "2011-05-14T17:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/1 "2011-05-14T17:42:22Z")
It seems as though I have seen it used, but I can’t figure out how to get it done. Thanks, mmm ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/2 "2011-05-14T17:43:10Z")
[del]No[/del] Wait, yes. ETA, hit the quote button on my post and you’ll see the tags. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/3 "2011-05-14T18:38:24Z")
No, we shut it off just for you. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/4 "2011-05-14T19:45:15Z")
[del]Like this?[/del] Just use the [noparse][del][/del][/noparse] tags ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/5 "2011-05-15T02:00:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [del]No[/del] > Wait, yes. > > ETA, hit the quote button on my post and you’ll see the tags. > [@BigT](#): > > No, we shut it off just for you. > [@Quartz](#): > > [del]Like this?[/del] > > Just use the [noparse][del][/del][/noparse] tags Cool! Thanks, Joey P, [del]BigT[/del], and Quartz! mmm ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/6 "2011-05-15T11:21:31Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/7 "2011-05-15T11:44:48Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/8 "2011-05-15T15:21:57Z")
Huh? I’m not seeing any [del] [del] tags? Where would those be kept, exactly? Or did you mean to simply reproduce them as you’ve presented them? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/9 "2011-05-15T15:39:38Z")
elbows - you didn’t close the second tag. They’re not “stored” anywhere - you just have to type them in. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/10 "2011-05-15T15:53:01Z")
[noparse][del]If you add the tags around the text manually, exactly like it appears here, you’ll get what displays below.[/del][/noparse] [del]If you add the tags around the text manually, exactly like it appears here, you’ll get this.[/del] ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/11 "2011-05-15T22:03:57Z")
[del][COLOR=“Black”]You can even do different colors for text and strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] though it doesn’t work in all browsers, apparently ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/12 "2011-05-15T22:35:14Z")
[del][COLOR=“Red”]Alright, this is becoming too much fun.[/del][/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/13 "2011-05-15T22:56:38Z")
[del][COLOR=“Red”]This post has been striped by the candy stripist.[/del][/COLOR] I, just, sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/14 "2011-05-16T04:40:24Z")
> [@Lestrade](#): > > [del][COLOR=“Red”]This post has been striped by the candy stripist.[/del][/COLOR] > > I, just, sorry about that. Isn’t that a case of statutory grape? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/15 "2011-06-01T01:59:24Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-strikethrough-in-my-post/581911/16 "2011-06-01T13:48:21Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > [del][COLOR=“Black”]You can even do different colors for text and strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] > > though it doesn’t work in all browsers, apparently [del][COLOR=“Magenta”]Cool![/del][/COLOR] Although that does run into the issue of properly contrasting colors.