How to Strike through text in Google docs?

There are many reasons you need to Strike through a text in Google Docs, but if you don’t know how to do that then here is a quick tutorial to follow:

What is Strike through?

Strike-through (also called strikethrough) is a text formatting option that adds a horizontal line through a word or phrase, indicating that it has been deleted, crossed out, or is no longer relevant. This formatting is often used to show corrections or changes made to a document or to indicate that certain text is no longer valid. In written text, strike-through is commonly achieved by drawing a line through the text using a pen or marker. In digital text, such as in word processors like Google Docs, Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, etc strike-through is applied through a text formatting option.

So, if you are using online Google Docs and want to strike through a text to indicate that a certain part of your paragraph is deleted or not applicable anymore, then here are the steps to follow::

Here are the steps to apply a strikethrough effect to text in Google Docs.

1. Open Google Docs

First, open Google Docs and then the document that you want to edit and in which you want to strike through some text. After that move to the next step.

2. Select the text you want to strike through

Now, scroll and go that the text you want to strike through and select it using the mouse by clicking and dragging your cursor over the text or by double-clicking it.

3 Click on the “Format” menu

Once done, from the Google Docs menu select the “Format” option located on the top of the screen like any other software menu.

4. Select “Text”

Now, from Format’s drop-down menu, click on the “Text” option.

5. Click on “Strikethrough”

Finally, you will see a few other options as you click the “Text‘ option of Google Docs including an option to “Strikethrough.” Click on it, and your selected text will now be struck through.

6. Use keyboard shortcuts

The steps we have shown are for those users who don’t want to use Keyboard shortcuts or don’t have access to it. However, if you have to frequently struck through your text then it is recommended to use the Keyboard shortcut to save a substantial amount of time.

The keyboard shortcut for strikethrough in Google Docs is “Alt + Shift + 5” on Windows 7/10/11 and “⌘ + Shift + X”for MacOS.

How to undo strikethrough in Google docs

If you think, you have striked thorugh some text wrongly and want to unstrike that on Google Docs, then select that text and use the Keyboard shortcut Atl+Shift+5 to undo Strike through text whereas macOS users can use ⌘ + Shift + X.

In conclusion, striking through text in Google Docs is a quick and easy process. By following the steps outlined in this article you can do that quicly to make your documents look more professional.

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