# Please add strikethrough and underline support in Markdown

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-add-strikethrough-and-underline-support-in-markdown/22843>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** markdown, completed\
**Created:** [04.Декабрь.2014 15:59:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-add-strikethrough-and-underline-support-in-markdown/22843 "2014-12-04T15:59:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [30.Январь.2015 22:37:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-add-strikethrough-and-underline-support-in-markdown/22843/6 "2015-01-30T22:37:38Z")

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Standard HTML code strike-though is ~~not yet available!~~ now available!

According to the HTML5 spec, `<s>` or `<strike>` serve a different purpose to `<del>` semantically.

> **[HTML Standard](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html)**

> The `<s>` element represents contents that are no longer accurate or no longer relevant.
> 
> **NOTE:** The `s` element is not appropriate when indicating document edits; to mark a span of text as having been removed from a document, use the `del` element.

> **[HTML Standard](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/edits.html)**

> The `del` element represents a removal from the document.

Using `<del>` also causes rise for people to use `<ins>` to insert text, the underline text on the first line of this post is inserted like this:  
`<ins> now available!</ins>`

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