How to Bold in Discord (Quick & Easy Guide)

How to Bold Text in Discord: A Complete Guide

Whether you are trying to make an important announcement in a server, emphasize a key point in a chat, or just style your messages, knowing how to format text in Discord is a super useful trick.

Formatting text on Discord is surprisingly easy, and it doesn’t require any special apps or complicated settings. All you need are a few keyboard symbols (called Markdown).

How to Bold Your Text

To make your text bold in Discord, all you have to do is wrap your words or sentence in double asterisks (**).

• The Formula: **Your text here**
• Example: Typing **Hello World!** will turn into Hello World! in the chat once you hit enter.

Tip: Make sure there are no spaces between the asterisks and the first or last letter of your text, otherwise the formatting won’t work!

Combining Bold with Other Styles

Want to take your messaging game to the next level? You can combine bold with other Discord text formatting tricks to create unique styles:

• Bold and Italic: Use three asterisks (***) on both sides.
  • Example: ***This text will be bold and italic!*** becomes This text will be bold and italic!
• Bold and Underline: Combine double underscores and double asterisks (__**).
  • Example: __**This text will be bold and underlined!**__ becomes This text will be bold and underlined!
• Bold and Strikethrough: Combine double tildes and double asterisks (~~**).
  • Example: ~~**This text will be bold and crossed out!**~~ becomes ~~This text will be bold and crossed out!~~

Quick Summary Cheat Sheet

Here is a quick reference table for everyday Discord text styling:

| Style | How to Type It | What It Looks Like |
| :— | :— | :— |
| Bold | **text** | text |
| Italic | *text* or _text_ | text |
| ~~Strikethrough~~ | ~~text~~ | ~~text~~ |
| Code Block | `text` | text |