You can’t apply strikethrough to your email subject.

Strikethrough formatting, as well as any other formatting, can also be removed using the Clear Formatting button found in the Basic Text section on the Message tab.

Additionally, if you switch to Plain Text, then any existing strikethrough will be removed. If you are in Plain Text mode then you won’t be able to add strikethrough.

This guide assumes that you are writing in the HTML or Rich Text format for your emails.

Either of the methods outlined above will also let you remove strikethrough from text as well.

Alternatively you could click the strikethrough button before you start typing, which will make any text that you type after it have a line drawn through it.

Additional Information on Strikethrough in Outlook Step 3: Check the box to the left of Strikethrough, then click OK. Step 2: Click the small Font button at the bottom-right corner of the Basic Text section on the Message tab. Step 1: Select the text to strikethrough. If you use Google Docs then read here for information on performing this action in that application.Īnother way to use strikethrough in Outlook is via the Font dialog box. However, these same steps will also work in other versions of Outlook such as Outlook 2010, 2013, or 2016. The steps and screenshots above were created using Microsoft Outlook for Office 365. Adding strikethrough in Outlook only adds the line through the text. Note that my text in the picture below has a gray box around it because it’s still selected.

Your text should now look something like the image below.

It’s the button that says “ab” and has a line through it.

Word strikethrough shortcut gmail