The <del> (“delete”) tag converts the enclosed text into the strikethrough version of that text.
The following HTML:
<del>Red</del> Green means go.
results in:
Red Green means go.
You may still see reference to the (now deprecated) <strike> tag; the following HTML:
The strike tag has been <strike>deleted</strike> deprecated.
results in:
The strike tag has been deleted deprecated.
The <strike> tag has been replaced by the <s> tag. The <del> tag and the <s> tag have the same default display format but differ semantically.
References:
- <strike>- HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN. [online]. Available at: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/strike (Date Accessed: 15 August 2023)