How To Strikethrough In Confluence

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May 13, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to apply strikethrough formatting to text in Confluence.

Quick summary

In Confluence, you can apply strikethrough formatting to any selected text using either the toolbar dropdown or a keyboard shortcut. This is useful for visually marking completed tasks, deprecated content, or revised information directly within a Confluence page.

Steps

Highlight the text you want to apply strikethrough to on your Confluence page.
Click the underline icon in the toolbar to open the text formatting options dropdown.
Select Strikethrough from the dropdown menu to apply the formatting to your selected text.
Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut to strikethrough instantly: on Windows press Ctrl + Shift + X, on Mac press Cmd + Shift + X.

📌 Why this matters

Strikethrough formatting in Confluence is a quick and effective way to visually communicate changes, completed tasks, or outdated content without deleting it from the page. Teams using Confluence for project documentation and wikis can use strikethrough to preserve context while clearly marking items as resolved or superseded. Knowing both the toolbar method and the keyboard shortcut — Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac — lets editors format text faster without interrupting their workflow. This small but essential formatting skill helps keep Confluence pages clear, accurate, and easy to scan for all collaborators.

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