Text Formatting

These work the same as standard Markdown. Wrap your text with the symbols shown below.

**bold text**

*italic text*

***bold and italic***

~~strikethrough~~

**bold** and *italic* in the same line

Underline

Underline is a Discord-specific feature. Standard Markdown has no underline — Discord adds it with double underscores (__text__). You can also combine it with bold and italic.

__underline text__

__**underline bold**__

__*underline italic*__

__***underline bold italic***__

Headers

Discord added header support in 2023. Use #, ##, or ### at the start of a line. There must be a space between the # and your text.

# Large Header

## Medium Header

### Small Header

Subtext

Subtext is a Discord-exclusive feature added in 2024. Use -# text to create small, greyed-out text — great for captions, credits, or fine print. Must be at the start of a line with a space after -#.

Main message text
-# This is subtext below it

Code Blocks

Wrap text in backticks for code formatting. Single backtick for inline code; triple backticks for multi-line blocks. Add a language name after the opening backticks for syntax highlighting. Code blocks also disable all other Markdown formatting inside them — useful if you need to show raw symbols.

`inline code`

```
Your multi-line code here
No language specified
```

Your multi-line code here
No language specified

```python
def greet(name):
    return f"Hello, {name}!"
```

def greet(name):
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

```javascript
const greet = (name) => `Hello, ${name}!`;
```

const greet = (name) => `Hello, ${name}!`;

Colored Text

Discord doesn't have a native color command, but you can produce colored text by using code blocks with specific language identifiers. Discord uses highlight.js for syntax highlighting, and certain languages color specific patterns.

```diff
- This text appears red
+ This text appears green
```

```fix
This text appears yellow/orange
```

```ini
[This text appears blue]
```

```bash
"This text appears cyan/teal"
```

Blockquotes

Start a line with > to create a blockquote. For a multi-line blockquote that spans the rest of your message, use >>> at the start.

> This is a single-line blockquote.

> Line one of a multi-line quote.
> Line two continues here.

>>> Everything after the triple
angle bracket is quoted.
Even this third line.

Lists

Create bullet lists with a hyphen (-) or asterisk (*), and numbered lists with 1.. Indent with 2 spaces to nest items.

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

1. First step
2. Second step
3. Third step

- Fruits
  - Apple
  - Banana
- Vegetables
  - Carrot

Spoiler Tags

Wrap text in double pipes (||text||) to hide it as a spoiler. The text is hidden until the reader clicks on it. Useful for hiding plot spoilers, answers to riddles, or sensitive content. Note: spoilers are disabled inside code blocks.

||The butler did it!||

The answer is ||42||, of course.

||Line one spoiler
Line two spoiler||

Masked Links

Hide a long URL behind readable text using [link text](url) — the same as standard Markdown links. Note: masked links only work in embeds and some bot messages, not in regular user messages (Discord prevents this to stop phishing).

[Visit Google](https://google.com)

Escaping Characters

Prefix any Markdown character with a backslash (\) to prevent it from being treated as formatting. This is also how you prevent Discord from auto-converting emoji shortcodes.

\*\*not bold\*\*

\||not a spoiler\||

\`not code\`

\> not a quote

Quick Reference

All Discord markdown syntax at a glance.

Frequently Asked Questions