Discord is one of the most popular messaging and collaboration applications available. Popular among gamers and teenagers, Discord provides a snappy and well-designed interface that works well for communicating with friends. Similar to Slack, Discord provides limited Markdown support which is comparable to other applications in this category.
Discord Markdown Support
Discord provides support for the following Markdown elements.
| Element | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | Yes | |
| Paragraphs | No | |
| Line Breaks | No | The Markdown syntax is not supported, but you can press the Shift and Return keys to go to the next line. |
| Bold | Yes | Use asterisks. Underscores aren’t supported. |
| Italic | Yes | |
| Blockquotes | Yes | You can use >>> to create a multi-line blockquote. All text from the >>> to the end of the message will be included in the quote.
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| Ordered Lists | Yes | |
| Unordered Lists | Yes | |
| Code | Yes | |
| Horizontal Rules | No | |
| Links | Yes | |
| Images | No | |
| Tables | No | |
| Fenced Code Blocks | Yes | |
| Syntax Highlighting | Yes | |
| Footnotes | No | |
| Heading IDs | No | |
| Definition Lists | No | |
| Strikethrough | Yes | |
| Task Lists | No | |
| Emoji (copy and paste) | Yes | |
| Emoji (shortcodes) | Yes | |
| Highlight | No | |
| Subscript | No | |
| Superscript | No | |
| Automatic URL Linking | Yes | |
| Disabling Automatic URL Linking | Yes | |
| HTML | No |
Support for Additional Syntax Elements
As an added bonus, Discord provides support for several obscure elements.
| Element | Markdown | Rendered Output |
|---|---|---|
| Spoilers | This text will be hidden: ||spoilers|| |
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| Underline | __This text will be underlined.__ |
This text will be underlined. |
| Subtext | -# This line will be made smaller and greyed out. |
This line will be made smaller and greyed out. |