`<s>` HTML strikethrough element

Baseline

Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The <s> HTML element renders text with a strikethrough, or a line through it. Use the <s> element to represent things that are no longer relevant or no longer accurate. However, <s> is not appropriate when indicating document edits; for that, use the <del> and <ins> elements, as appropriate.

Try it

<p><s>There will be a few tickets available at the box office tonight.</s></p>

<p>SOLD OUT!</p>

s {
  /* Add your styles here */
}

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

css

.sold-out {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}

html

<s>Today's Special: Salmon</s> SOLD OUT<br />
<span class="sold-out">Today's Special: Salmon</span> SOLD OUT

Result

Technical summary

Content categories	Phrasing content, flow content.
Permitted content	Phrasing content.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role	`deletion`
Permitted ARIA roles	Any
DOM interface	`HTMLElement`