There are no visible formatting tools in Discord, and yet other users are bolding words. How are they doing that?
It turns out Discord uses a simplified version of
Markdown for formatting. To bold text, put it between two pairs of asterisks. Like this:
Do that, and press enter. Your text will be bolded.
That wasn't so hard, was it? Italics and other formatting work similarly. Here are the most common formatting options in Discord using Markdown:
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For italics, put text between a pair of single asterisks, as in
*italics*. -
For bold, put text between two pairs of asterisks, as in
**bold**. -
For bold italics, put text between two sets of three asterisks, as in
***bold italics***.
There are a few more options, including __underline__and ~~Strikethrough~~.
Check out Discord's formatting overview to learn more, including how to use code blocks when you need to avoid formatting entirely.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2019. Despite wishing it into the ether for the past four years, there are still no formatting tools available in Discord. (We checked.) The good news is that you can still use the simplified version of Markdown to make your sentences stand out.
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