Strike out text keyboard shortcut in 12 apps
Strike out text has a documented keyboard shortcut in 12 apps here, among them Adobe InDesign, Confluence, Evernote, GitLab. The most common keys are Ctrl + Shift + S on Windows and Cmd + Shift + X on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe InDesign | Windows Shift + Ctrl + / | Mac Ctrl + Shift + Cmd + / | Strikethrough |
| Confluence | Windows Ctrl + Shift + S | Mac Not documented | Strike through the selected text |
| Evernote | Windows Ctrl + T | Mac Ctrl + Cmd + K | Strike through the text |
| GitLab | Windows Ctrl + Shift + X | Mac Cmd + Shift + X | Strike through the selected text |
| Google Docs | Windows Alt + Shift + 5 | Mac Cmd + Shift + X | Cross out selected text |
| Google Docs | Windows Alt + Shift + 5 | Mac Not documented | Strikeout |
| Google Sheets | Windows Alt + Shift + 5 | Mac Not documented | Strikeout |
| Linear | Windows Ctrl + Shift + S | Mac Cmd + Shift + S | Strike through the selected text |
| Microsoft Excel | Windows Ctrl + 5 | Mac Not documented | Strikeout |
| Microsoft OneNote | Windows Ctrl + - | Mac Not documented | Cross out text |
| Notion | Windows Ctrl + Shift + S | Mac Cmd + Shift + S | Cross out selected text |
| Slack | Windows Ctrl + Shift + X | Mac Not documented | Strikeout |
What most apps settled on for Strike out text
On Windows, Ctrl + Shift + S is the combination in 3 of the 11 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + Shift + X in 2 of 6. 8 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
6 apps here publish no Mac key for Strike out text, so those cells are left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Strike out text, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Strike out text do nothing
The 12 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since strike out text is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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