Q: Strikethrough in Notes?

You can open the font inspector (Format -> Font -> Show Fonts, or Cmd-T) and apply a suitable Text Strikethrough from there. A direct shortcut for this would be nice, though.

Make your strikethrough a simple keystroke:

1. Create a word with a strikethrough using Format->Font->Show Fonts to bring up the font inspector as Marko said. Highlight a word and apply the desired strikethrough.

2. Next, using the highlighted word you used the strikethough on..... Select Format->Font->Copy Style (option-command-C)

3. Apply your strikethrough as often and wherever you want to using the simple keystroke (option-command-V)

Note: This doesn't preclude you from copying and pasting text too and from the clipboard at will.

The Style will remain in the clipboard until you. Any text you copy paste can be changed without interfering with the style.

sidenote: not sure if the style will stay if you close notes, but I always have mine open so strikethrough is always available by keystroke. No more surfing through menus every time.

I can even apply strikethough to other text such as in stickies after copying the style!!! Haven't tested it with all apps however.

Mountain Lion 10.8.5

That's awesome!  Option-Command-C and Option-Command-V.

Works great for the Notes app, as I've been starting to use it as a To Do list. 

Thanks!

Hi there,

This used to work for me, but now my font inspector doesn't include strikethrough. Is this the case for anyone else? When I pull up fonts, I get 4 dropdowns: Collection; Family; Typeface (only options here are light or bold); and Size. It's not the end of the world, but it would be nice to have the strikethrough option in Notes. Does anyone know how to get that option back on the Font Inspector?

Thanks!

If you look above the Collection; Family; Typeface, in fact almost directly above "Family", you will see a greyed out dropdown for strikethrough.  It offers 4 choices, none, single, double, and color.

Not seeing strikethrough anymore.

Has it been lost in the relentless march of "progress"? Fallen by the wayside along with "it just works," reliability, customer service and all that other quaintness our mighty corporation has dispensed with?

Someone please correct my Sunday morning cynicism and show me where I'm missing the obvious. Thank you.

There is a round about way to do this.

But first let me confirm that the strikethrough option is indeed missing in the Fonts dialog available through Notes as @SaltSeaShark has shown us.

But it is still available in the Fonts dialog of the Pages. Following is not the ideal solution, but it works well.

1. Open a new document in Pages and type a random word.
2. From Format > Font > Show Fonts (or Command-T), bring up the Fonts selection dialog
3. This dialog has strikethrough option just right above Family tab (none, single, double, color)
4. Select the random word and apply strikethrough style
5. Highlight the striken-through word and copy using Command-C
6. Switch to Notes and paste using Command-V.
7. Now that you have brought the strikethrough style into Notes, you can copy this style using Option-Command-C
8. You can apply this style to other words in Notes by highlighting them and then using Option-Command-V
9. To stop applying strikethrough style, you need to copy a different style of your choice from other words in Notes and apply to newer text

Hey -- just wanted to thank you for this workaround. It isn't convenient in the slightest, but it works, which is the idea, so I appreciate it!

I get the feeling that the reason the strikethrough option has been omitted from the Notes app is because Apple wants to "encourage" people to use Pages instead, and this trend really bothers me. I don't know if anyone in a decision-making position at Apple will ever read this or not, but just in case:

Apple, we've bought your product and we're using your OS (often extolling its virtues to anyone who will listen), so please stop trying to dictate (either directly through marketing, or indirectly via purposeful omission as part of a design choice) how we should use what we've bought! You wanna show us some neat use-cases for some of your apps? Cool, I'm all about that. Clever ways to use seemingly simple things are always cool. However, though I get that Notes is supposed to be a simple app, removing a formatting option as useful as the strikethrough just makes things more difficult. One doesn't have to be a brain surgeon to realize that when in need of a quick way to take notes or create a shopping list, folks may just open the Notes app, and in such cases, being able to strikethrough items that you've already purchased/tossed in your cart is essentially the most important feature of an app that supports this type of situation!

Bottom-line: I'm not going to open the Pages app on my iPhone or MBP to write my grocery list. I may use the "Reminders" app, because it's got a handy checklist feature, but I'm honestly just more likely to use the Notes app. Even with the recent update to the app, I'm used to it. It's a quick way to help me do simple things, and stripping features out of it to push me to use an app that I'm not used to is a good way to **** off a loyal customer.

Thanks so much.

--Mitch

I've dredged up this old discussion hoping things have changed. I want to add strike through in Notes on my iPhone 6s Plus (iOS 9.3.5) and I want to do it from the iPhone, not on my computer. I only see the option for Bold, Italic, and Underline. Is strike through not an option on the iPhonr itself?

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.