Bold in Discord: How to Make Text Bold (** Guide + Preview)
How to bold in Discord
- Type two asterisks:
** - Write your text with no space between the asterisks and the words.
- Close with
**and send.
Desktop shortcut: select text in the message box and press Ctrl/Cmd + B, or use the little toolbar that appears over the selection. Mobile: long-press the selected text for the same menu.
Bold combinations
***text*** gives bold italic, **__text__** bold underline, **~~text~~** bold strikethrough. For a whole bold heading, a # header is usually the better tool — it’s bold AND bigger.
Bold in usernames
Names ignore markdown, so ** does nothing there. Use Unicode bold instead — the Bold Sans style in the Discord font generator is the classic bold-name look (𝗨𝗺𝗮𝗿).
Bold questions
Why did my asterisks disappear without bolding?
Almost always a space problem: ** text ** fails, **text** works — the asterisks must hug the text. Single asterisks give italic, not bold.
How do I show literal asterisks?
Escape them with backslashes: **like this** renders the symbols instead of bolding.