How to Bold Text in Discord: Easy Step-by-Step Guide

How to Bold Text in Discord: A Complete Guide

Whether you are trying to make an important announcement in your favorite gaming server, emphasize a point in a text channel, or just make your messages pop, knowing how to format your text in Discord is a super useful skill.

The Quick Answer

To make text bold in Discord, all you need to do is add two asterisks (**) to the beginning and the end of the text you want to format.

• Example typing: **Hello World!**
• Result in Discord: Hello World!

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Open Discord and go to any chat channel or direct message.
2. Type two asterisks (**) right before your word or sentence without any spaces.
3. Type your message.
4. Type two more asterisks (**) right at the end of the text, again with no spaces between the asterisks and the last letter.
5. Hit Enter to send!

Note on spacing: Make sure there are no spaces between the asterisks and your text. If you type ** Hello **, it won’t work properly and will just show up with the asterisks.

Combining Bold with Other Formatting Styles

You can also combine bold text with other Discord formatting tools to create italics, underlining, or strikethroughs. Here is how you mix them:

• Bold and Italic (Three asterisks): ***This text will be bold and italic!*** becomes This text will be bold and italic!
• Bold and Underline (Two underscores and two asterisks): __**This text will be bold and underlined!**__ becomes This text will be bold and underlined!

Mastering simple tricks like this is a great way to make your messages clearer and more fun to read. Have fun styling your chats!