What is Discord Markdown?

Discord uses markdown to add formatting to messages in Discord. Markdown includes italics, bold text, underline and blockquotes for users with more being available for bots. While there aren't any options in it's user interface we've put together a cheat sheet and guide to help you use markdown in Discord.

Discord Markdown Cheatsheet

Quickly use markdwon to format your messages in Discord using this handy cheatsheet we made

Markdown	Preview	Example
Bold	Bold Markdown	`This is bold`
Italics	Italics Markdown	`This is italics`
Bold Italics	Bold Italics Markdown	`*This is bold italics*`
Block Quote	Blockquote Markdown	`> This is a blockquote`
Strikethrough	Strikethrough Markdown	`~~This is a strikethrough~~`
Spoilers	Spoilers Markdown	`\|\|This text will be hidden in Discord\|\|`

Discord Markdown for bots

Developing a bot for Discord? Discord bots have access to all of the above markdown plus urls that can be used in embeds and slash commands. To create a url follow this example: [This is the link text](https://google.com)

Discord Codeblocks

Discord also makes use of code block Markdown, code blocks can be used to escape and format code within Discord.

Markdown	Example
Inline Codeblock	`This is an inline code block`
Multiline Codeblock	```This is a multiline code block```