# WhatsApp Message Formatter

Format a WhatsApp message with bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace and lists, with a live preview.

- Category: Text (text)
- URL: https://ilham.dev/tools/whatsapp-formatter/
- Documentation: https://ilham.dev/tools/whatsapp-formatter/index.md
- Keywords: whatsapp, format, bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace, list, message, chat, wa

## Example questions

- Which markers does WhatsApp use?
- Do the buttons need a selection?
- Can the preview differ from WhatsApp?

## Properties

- Runs in the browser
- No login required
- No data uploaded


## About

Write a WhatsApp message without remembering which character makes what bold. Select some text and press a button to wrap it, or press a list button to prefix each line, then watch the preview update to show how the message will look. Bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace are all supported, and the raw marker characters stay in the text so you can copy it straight into the chat box.


## Questions

### Which markers does WhatsApp use?

An asterisk on each side for bold, an underscore for italic, a tilde for strikethrough and three backticks for monospace. They only take effect when the character touches text with no space, which is why the wrap button adds them snugly.

### Do the buttons need a selection?

No. With nothing selected the markers are inserted as a pair and the caret is placed between them, so you can type the text afterwards. With a selection the markers go around it.

### Can the preview differ from WhatsApp?

Slightly. The page renders the markers as HTML for a quick look, while WhatsApp applies its own rules, so an unusual nesting of markers may look a little different in the app. The copy button always gives you the plain text with markers.