HTML <s>

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Published Nov 17, 2022Updated May 15, 2024

The <s> element represents strike-through text that is no longer needed, accurate, or correct.

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Syntax

<s>
  <!-- Incorrect, inaccurate, and unnecessary text here -->
</s>

The <s> element should only contain text content or other elements meant for text content.

Note: The <s> element is semantically different from the <del> element because the former is just an edit while the latter conveys an actual update in a document.

Example

The following is an example of the <s> element:

<html>
  <head> </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      <s>worng txet</s>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

The rendered output would look like this:

Rendered <s> element example

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