Strikethrough Text Generator — Unicode S̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶
Add Unicode combining strikethrough to each character — works anywhere you can paste.
How it works
- 1Paste or type your text in the input field
- 2Click "Process" — processing happens in your browser
- 3Copy the result or download as a text file
What to do next
About Strikethrough Text
Strikethrough Text is a text tool that runs in your browser. Add Unicode combining strikethrough to each character — works anywhere you can paste. The page you are reading is the same workspace you will use to do the work: pick a file or paste your input, choose the options that matter to you, and the tool produces the result on your device.
The heaviest users of Strikethrough Text tend to be translators aligning bilingual passages, writers cleaning copy before publishing and developers prepping fixture data. Each group brings slightly different expectations to the tool, but the same single-page architecture serves every one of them with the same response time.
Strikethrough Text parses your file with standard browser APIs entirely inside the browser, applies the options you selected, and returns a download. The processing has no network step, which means a slow or intermittent connection does not slow down the work — once the page is loaded, only your CPU and RAM are involved.
Technically, the work is done by standard browser APIs, loaded as part of the page. Inputs are recognised automatically and validated before the engine begins processing. Files up to 0 MB are supported per run; that ceiling keeps browser memory usage stable on a wide range of devices.
The right moment to reach for Strikethrough Text is when you have a focused text processing job that fits inside a browser tab. Open the page, drop in the file or paste your input, choose the options that matter, and the tool returns the result.
Strikethrough Text is intentionally narrow in what it does, which makes it easy to slot into a longer workflow. Take its output, hand it to whichever next tool fits the job, and Strikethrough Text stays out of your way until the next time you need it.
Strikethrough Text returns the result as a download. If you are running multiple jobs, the output names will not collide as long as the input names differ. You can re-run with different settings as many times as you like; each run produces a fresh file with no caching trickery in between.
A practical note on limits: Strikethrough Text accepts inputs up to 0 MB per run, and the tool processes one input at a time to keep memory usage predictable. If you ever bump into the ceiling, the cause is the size of the input.
Strikethrough Text keeps the control set focused. Every option on the page is there because a real workflow needs it, and the defaults aim at the most common case so a first-time user can get the right output without changing any settings.
A short note on how Strikethrough Text came to look the way it does: every iteration started by watching how someone unfamiliar with the tool actually used it, then removing whatever got in their way. That is why the upload area dominates the screen, the run button is bigger than the secondary controls, and the result panel is unmissable when the job finishes.
A few practical tips that experienced users of Strikethrough Text pick up over time. First, keep your default browser updated — the engine relies on standard web APIs and newer browser versions are noticeably faster than ones from a few years ago. Second, close other heavy tabs before processing a large input; the engine shares CPU and memory with whatever else is open. Third, if you re-run the same kind of job often, your last-used settings are remembered for the rest of the tab session, so subsequent runs are essentially one click.
For most failure modes, refreshing the page and re-running the job is enough — the engine has no persistent state to corrupt. If the same input fails twice in a row, the input itself is most likely the problem (a truncated file, an unexpected variant of the format, or a stream the engine does not recognise).
If you also use a command-line tool for strikethrough text, Strikethrough Text is a convenient alternative for the times you are on a different machine or helping someone who is not comfortable in a terminal. The output is a standard file in the format documented above.
Open the workspace above to start using Strikethrough Text. The engine loads on the first interaction so the page itself stays light, and once the tool is warm it processes subsequent jobs quickly. The moment the page is interactive, the tool is ready to do real work on your file.
How it works
- 1Open the Strikethrough Text workspace above. The interface is a single page, so there is nothing to navigate.
- 2Drop a text file onto the upload area, or click to pick one from your device.
- 3Tweak the controls if the defaults are not quite right for your input. The options are kept short and labelled in plain language.
- 4Click to start the job. The engine (standard browser APIs) processes the input in the page; you can watch the progress indicator until it completes.
- 5Download the result. The file is generated in your browser and saved through your normal download flow.
- 6Repeat the process for additional inputs whenever you need to. The page stays loaded, so subsequent runs are quick.
Common use cases
- Re-case a title from ALL CAPS to Title Case using Strikethrough Text.
- Reformat a JSON blob copied from a log into something readable.
- Convert a column of names into a comma-separated list for a script.
- Sort a list of items alphabetically before publishing it.
- De-duplicate a list of email addresses pulled from a form export.
- Find and replace dozens of variants of a phrase in one pass.
- Translate plain text into Markdown for a static-site post.
- Count the words in a draft to check it fits a brief.
FAQ
How does it work?
Each character gets a Unicode combining long stroke overlay (U+0336) appended, rendering a line through it.
Does it work on social media?
Yes — this uses standard Unicode combining characters supported by virtually all platforms.
Can I remove the strikethrough?
Paste the text into a tool that strips combining characters, or retype the original text.
Is this different from HTML strikethrough?
Yes — HTML uses <s> or <del> tags. This tool uses Unicode characters that work without HTML rendering.
Does it affect line breaks?
No — newlines are preserved without the combining character.
Is my data safe?
Yes — all processing happens locally in your browser. Your text never leaves your device.
Are jobs run with Strikethrough Text stored anywhere?
Favtoo keeps no copy of your file because Favtoo never receives your file. Strikethrough Text runs entirely in your browser, the input is held only in your tab's memory, and closing the tab discards it. There is no opt-in cloud history, no "recent jobs" panel synced to an account, and no server-side retention to configure — the architecture simply has nowhere for your file to be stored.
Can I call Strikethrough Text from a script?
Strikethrough Text is a browser-only tool by design and does not expose a hosted API. The reason is the same as the privacy story: there is no Favtoo backend doing the work, so there is no service to call. If you need to script the same transformation, the underlying engine (standard browser APIs) is open-source and can be used directly from your own code.
Does Strikethrough Text work on a phone or tablet?
Strikethrough Text runs in any modern mobile browser — Safari, Chrome, Firefox and the in-app browsers in most messaging apps all support the underlying APIs. Performance depends on the device: a recent phone handles typical inputs nearly as fast as a laptop, while older devices may take a few seconds longer near the 0 MB ceiling. The interface lays out cleanly on small screens, so you do not need to pinch-zoom to see the controls.
Does Strikethrough Text ask for any browser permissions?
Strikethrough Text only needs the standard web platform — file picker access for the inputs you choose to load, and optionally clipboard access if you copy the result rather than downloading it. There is no microphone, camera, geolocation or background-permission request, because none of those are needed for the work the tool does.
Does Strikethrough Text match what professional tools produce?
Strikethrough Text is built on standard browser APIs, which is the same class of engine used by professional text processing pipelines. For deterministic operations, the output is byte-identical to what an equivalent CLI run would produce; for operations involving a codec or a model, the result is well within the range of what comparable tools generate. If you have a specific reference output you need to match, run a small test job first to confirm the configuration produces what you expect.
Is Strikethrough Text keyboard accessible?
Strikethrough Text uses native HTML controls wherever possible, which means keyboard navigation, focus rings, and screen-reader labels work the way the platform expects. The drop zone accepts files via the keyboard-accessible file picker as well as drag-and-drop, and result downloads use standard browser download flows. If you spot an accessibility gap, Favtoo treats it as a bug worth fixing.
What does Strikethrough Text do that command-line tools do not?
Desktop apps usually have more advanced features but require installation, maintenance and (often) a licence. Paid online tools are convenient but route your file through their servers and gate downloads behind accounts. Strikethrough Text sits in between: free, instant, and private, but intentionally narrow in scope. For one-off jobs and the common text processing operations, it is usually the lowest-friction choice; for highly specialised work, a dedicated app is still the right answer.
What input formats are supported by Strikethrough Text?
The accepted formats are listed in the upload area on the tool itself. If your input is in a format that is not directly supported, convert it first using one of Favtoo's converter tools — every Favtoo converter outputs a file that is a clean input to the next tool in the chain.