How to StrikeThrough, Bold, or Italicize Text on YouTube (Comments & Descriptions)

You may be wondering how to change the way your text looks on YouTube. Maybe you want to make a comment stand out, or you’re trying to emphasize something in your video description.

Luckily, YouTube makes it easy to format your text. You can strikethrough, bold, or italicize your text with just a few simple steps.

How To Bold Text in the Comment Section of YouTube

This is a simple system that uses specific characters to denote formatting, such as asterisks for bold. To bold your text using markdown, simply surround your text with asterisks.

For example, if you wanted to write “I love cats” in bold, you would type it out as *I love cats*.

Keep in mind that if you like to include punctuation after feedback you have changed, you have to include a space after the closing star. Failing to put a space in will break the instruction, and the comment will show the asterisks.

Example:

*bold* will produce bold

How To Bold Text in Your Description Area on YouTube

This will be the same as adding bold to the comment section.

Example:

*description* will produce description

How to Italicize Text in a YouTube Comment

To italicize your comments on YouTube, simply type out the comment you wish to make as usual. Then, enclose the section of text you wish to italicize in between two underscores (_).

For example, if you wanted to write a comment that said “I really like this video!” in italics, you would type out _I really like this video!_

Once you’ve posted the comment, it will appear in italics. Experiment with these different techniques to add some personality to your YouTube comments!

Example:

_I really like this video!_ will look like I really like this video!

How to Italicize Text in a YouTube Comment

You will do the same as above for your videos in the description area of YouTube. People use this all the time to make affiliate offers stand out.

Example:

_Awesome video!_ will look like Awesome video!

How to StrikeThrough Text on YouTube Comments Section

YouTube provides a comments section under every video so that users can engage in discussion.

Occasionally, you may want to strikethrough text in your comment to indicate that you have changed your opinion or to delete a comment that is no longer relevant.

Here’s how you can do it:

1) Highlight the text that you want to strikethrough.

2) To do a strikethrough you just need to add a – at the beginning and the end of the word. It looks like this -word- or -sentence-.

3) The selected text will now have a line through it.

YouTube also allows you to format your text using other options such as bold, italics, and bullet points.

Experiment with different formatting options to find the ones that work best for you.

Example:

-strikethrough- it should look like this strikethrough

How to StrikeThrough Text on YouTube Description Section

You will do the same thing you did for the comment section of YouTube. When you need to strikethrough text you add dashes on each side.

Example:

-strikethrough- it should look like this strikethrough

Conclusion

It’s easy to add flair to your YouTube comments and descriptions with some simple formatting. You can strikethrough, bold, or italicize text with just a few clicks. Here’s how:

strikethrough- it should look like this strikethrough

_Awesome video!_ will look like Awesome video!

*bold* will produce bold

You can even combine these formats for even more impact. Play around with different combinations to find the perfect way to get your point across!