<del>

The HTML <del> element represents a range of text that has been deleted from a document. This element is often (but need not be) rendered with strike-through text.

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global attributes.

cite

A URI for a resource that explains the change (for example, meeting minutes).

datetime

This attribute indicates the time and date of the change and must be a valid date string with an optional time. If the value cannot be parsed as a date with an optional time string, the element does not have an associated time stamp.

Examples

<p><del>This text has been deleted</del>,
here is the rest of the paragraph.</p>
<del><p>This paragraph has been deleted.</p></del>

Result

This text has been deleted, here is the rest of the paragraph.

This paragraph has been deleted.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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See also

• <ins> element for insertions into a text

• <s> element for strikethrough separate from representing deletion of text