Google Docs is the most popular web-based word processor that is used to edit and create new documents online. When creating a new document on it, it offers multiple features to writers or creators like multiple writing fonts, voice writing, emojis reactions, and others.
One of the most valuable but relatively unknown features is the ability to “strikethrough” the texts on it. However, many users are still unfamiliar with the ABC of this feature. You can also be one of them, right?
If yes, buckle up…
To make you learn about it, we have created this blog post in which we have briefly overviewed it. Additionally, we have explored a comprehensive guide on how to strikethrough on Google Docs that can broaden your knowledge and skills.
What is Strikethrough?
Strikethrough is an innovative feature of Google Docs that is used to add horizontal lines on selected text. If you write a long text and feel some of its parts are unnecessary and wrong, you can strike through them.
It is the same as cutting some lines with a pencil and pen when writing texts on paper. When applying this feature to written selected text, you can feel multiple benefits such as:
- Easy tracking: When you add horizontal lines to a piece of text, it becomes very easy for you to track them without extra hurdles.
- Editing without deleting: Once the text is underlined by applying strikethrough, it becomes very simple to edit the whole text without deleting the whole content.
- Visual clarity: Underlining unnecessary and wrong information improves the visual clarity and as well as readability of data.
- Emphasize the final version: This feature lets you retain the original text while highlighting the final version. This is extremely useful when comparing drafts or showing what has changed between iterations.
How To Strikethrough On Google Docs?
In this section, we will describe a step-by-step guide on how to strikethrough on Google Docs. Pay your full attention to each step.
Step 1: Open the Google Docs
Initially, open the Google Docs and open that specific document or sheet you are creating for your work. Here you have to highlight the text that is looking unnecessary or wrong. You can highlight it using your computer mouse’s left-click.
If you have to strikethrough specific text, we suggest you change its font and make it bold with a shortcut key CTRL+B. This will let you save the other pieces of text from being removed by mistake. For a clear understanding, see the below image.
Step 2: Go To “Format” Option
At the top of the Google Docs, there are 8 menus that you will see below the document title. In these menus, the one is called the “Format” menu. Now you have to click this option. After clicking on it, multiple options will be again shown.
Here we have again attached a screenshot below that you can see.
Step 3: Strikethrough The Text
It is a very common question often asked by many users, where is strikethrough on Google Docs? Now from multiple options shown after clicking the format option, you have to hit the “Text” option. Here again, multiple options will be shown to you like the bold text option.
Here you will not need to scroll down as your eye will catch the “Strikethrough” option automatically. Now, simply click on this option. You will see that several lines will be added to your selected text. Here you can see an image.
Step 4: Remove or Edit The Text
Once you have applied strikethrough on the selected text, you can remove it from the content by clicking the “Backspace” option on your keyboard. If your selected text is long and you don’t want to remove it entirely, just edit it by removing and adding some extra information.
Such removal or editing will refine your text and improve the visual clarity of your content.
| Here is a Shortcut Key for You |
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| You can use the shortcut key “ALT+SHIFT+5“ from your keyboard to strikethrough on Google Docs. |
How to Remove Strikethrough on Google Docs?
Let’s suppose, you applied strikethrough on a piece of text and feel later that it was not a wrong one. In this situation, you will find an innovative way to remove that strikethrough.
Unfortunately, you do not have any option to remove these horizontal lines from the text unlike the option available for applying them to the text. Still, you can remove it by following only two steps described below.
- Open the sheet and highlight the text on which you have done strikethrough.
- Simply use a shortcut key “CTRL+ALT+0“ from the keyboard. This key will make your text normal once again.
Going Forward
Strikethrough on Google Docs is a strong but easy tool for improving and polishing your documents. It lets you visually highlight extra or wrong text without completely removing it, making the editing process smoother.
Whether you are updating a draft, monitoring changes, or just making notes, strikethrough boosts understanding and readability. By following these steps, you’ll increase both your productivity and the quality of your documents.
We say bye to Techuy readers with the hope that this guide will make them learn a lot…
FAQs
1. How to strikethrough on Google Docs Chromebook?
To strikethrough on Google Docs Chromebook, first, highlight the text and then press ALT+SHFT+5. After pressing this shortcut key, some lines will be added to your selected text.
2. Where is strikethrough on Google Docs?
As discussed previously, there are 8 menus in the Google Docs under the title section. The 5th menu named “Format” has multiple options. The Strikethrough option is one of them.
