To cross out text messages on an iPhone (with iOS 18 or newer), type your message, then highlight the text and tap the Text Effects button (the "Aa" icon) above the keyboard to select the Strikethrough option, or use the Notes app to format and copy/paste strikethrough text into Messages if the native feature isn't available.
Tap the Text Effects button . Tap a formatting option like Bold, Italics, Underline, or Strikethrough.
Instead, type tilde characters before and after your strikethrough text, ~~like this~~ .
Add bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough to text in Pages...
The Excel shortcut for strikethrough is Ctrl + 5 both on Mac and Windows. Another way to apply the strikethrough effect is by using the format dialogue box. For this, on Windows, press Ctrl + 1 to open up the format cells dialogue box.
Strikethrough, or strikeout, is a typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their middle. Less common alternative forms of strikethrough are an X or a forward slash typed over each letter.
Deleting a strikethrough
1) Respond like a ninja
If you're in a rush you can respond to a message in seconds with a pre-loaded response. Simply tap and hold the message you received and you'll see the option to react with a heart, thumbs up or down, the phrase "ha ha," exclamation marks or a question mark.
iCloud exploitation
Your iCloud account is a gateway to all your synced data, including text messages. Someone can spy on your messages by: Logging into your iCloud account from another device to view message backups. Using a shared Apple ID (common in families) to receive your iMessages on their device.
Certain words trigger fun effects in Apple's iMessage. Typing “Happy Birthday” fills the screen with balloons, “Congratulations” drops confetti, and “Pew pew” launches a laser light show. You can also send fireworks with “Happy New Year” or firecrackers for occasions like Lunar or Chinese New Year.
If you don't want others to know that you've opened their messages, you can turn off read receipts.
To turn off read receipts on Android Messages, follow these steps.
On a PC, use the following shortcut to strike through text: Select the text you want to strike through. Press Ctrl+D.
To type strikethrough, use keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+Shift+X (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+X (Mac) in many apps, use the strikethrough button (~~) in Markdown/Discord/Slack, or use the Font dialog (Ctrl+D then Alt+K) in Microsoft Word. For web platforms or simple text, use online generators or type two tildes (~~text~~) around your text.