Markdown

Discover and use Discord markdown in your messages.

Basic markdown

PreviewMarkdown
Italic*Text* or _Text_
Bold**Text**
Strikethrough~~Text~~
Underlined__Text__

You can stack several Markdown marks to combine formats: bold italic with ***Text***.

Advanced formatting

Heading

To create a heading, put a specific number of hash characters # as the first term(s) of a new line. The more # you use (3 maximum) for a heading, the smaller the heading.

Markdown:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
Preview of the headings
Preview of the headings

Remember to put a space between your heading and the code.

This applies to every list and heading Markdown mark.

Subtext

You can turn text into subtext, so it is displayed smaller than normal text, by adding -# at the beginning of the line.

Markdown:

-# Text
Preview of subtext
Preview of subtext

You can embed a masked, clickable hyperlink in a text.

Markdown:

[Text](hyperlink)
Preview of a masked link
Preview of a masked link

List

You can create a bullet list using - or * at the beginning of each line. You can also indent your list by adding a space before the - or * at the beginning of each line.

Markdown:

- Line 1
- Line 2
...
Preview of a list
Preview of a list

Quote

Markdown:

> Text on a single line
or
>>> Text
over
several lines
Preview of a quote
Preview of a quote

Spoiler

You can hide your text, so that it is only visible when clicked, with spoilers.

Markdown:

||Text||
Preview of a spoiler
Preview of a spoiler

Code block

Markdown:

```Text
Text
Text```
Preview of a code block
Preview of a code block

Language code

Example markdown:

```diff
+ addition
- removal```
Preview of the code
Preview of the code

Inline code

Markdown:

`Text`
or
``Text``
Preview of inline code
Preview of inline code