{"id":93815,"date":"2022-11-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=93815"},"modified":"2022-11-08T10:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:07:38","slug":"bold-italics-and-strikethrough-text-in-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/bold-italics-and-strikethrough-text-in-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use bold, italics and strikethrough text in YouTube descriptions and comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">The ability to use bold, italics and strikethrough text in descriptions launched to all creators earlier this year.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know you can stylize the text in YouTube descriptions and comments? While the feature launched to descriptions earlier this year, without dedicated buttons, many still don&#8217;t know the feature exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bold, italics and strikethrough options are available for regular upload and Shorts descriptions, as well as comments. All you need to do is place these symbols on each side of the text you want to format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">*bold*<\/strong><\/li><li><em style=\"user-select: auto;\">_italics_<\/em><\/li><li><s style=\"user-select: auto;\">-strikethrough-<\/s><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note, YouTube don&#8217;t show a preview of the formatted text as you type, but rest assured, your text will be stylized when viewed in the description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"744\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-08-at-9.34.01-am-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93821\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=93821\" class=\"wp-image-93821 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"418\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-08-at-9.34.18-am-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93823\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=93823\" class=\"wp-image-93823 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"594\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-08-at-9.34.08-am-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93822\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=93822\" class=\"wp-image-93822 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"593\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-08-at-9.34.22-am-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93824\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=93824\" class=\"wp-image-93824 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Handles, Creator Music, and Stylized Descriptions | Creator Roundup by TeamYouTube\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJMVZjB0L0U?start=129&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Get your own music uploaded to YouTube <\/strong><strong>and<\/strong><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"> start monetizing across <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-do-i-make-money-from-youtube-content-id-or-my-youtube-channel\/\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/using-youtube-shorts-as-an-artist\/\">YouTube Shorts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/free-youtube-music-distribution-2\/\">YouTube Music<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/\">Sign up to RouteNote today for free.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to use bold, italics and strikethrough text in descriptions launched to all creators earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":93825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6628],"tags":[70],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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