How to Strikethrough Text in Slack: A Comprehensive Guide

Striking through text in Slack can be useful, especially when you want to show that a piece of information has been updated or corrected without completely removing it. It provides a better understanding of the message evolution, compared to simply editing the message. Slack offers several ways to strikethrough text, utilizing Markdown-style characters, keyboard shortcuts, and a rich text editor.

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Methods to Strikethrough Text in Slack

Use Tilde Characters

• Step 1: Place your cursor where you want the strikethrough text to appear.
• Step 2: Type a tilde ~ character.
• Step 3: Enter the text you want to strikethrough.
• Step 4: Close the text with another tilde ~ character.

For example, ~this~ will appear as strikethrough text.

Utilize Keyboard Shortcuts

• Step 1: Highlight the text you want to strikethrough.
• Step 2: Press CMD + Shift + X on a Mac or Ctrl + Shift + X on a PC.

The highlighted text will then be formatted as strikethrough.

Use the Formatting Button

• Step 1: Select the text to strikethrough.
• Step 2: Hover your mouse over the selected text. Slack will display formatting options.
• Step 3: Click on the S button to strikethrough your text.

Alternatively, if you see an Aa button next to the text input box in Slack, clicking it will bring up a formatting toolbar. Select the S button from there.

Note on Edited Messages

Slack does not have an automatic feature to show edited text as strikethrough. Therefore, if you wish to retain the original message while showing what was edited, you'll have to manually strikethrough the old text before adding your new message.

Conclusion

Striking through text in Slack is relatively straightforward. Whether you opt for the Markdown-style characters, a keyboard shortcut, or the rich text editor's options, the process is quick and easy, allowing you to better communicate updates or corrections to your messages.