How to Bold Text in Discord: A Complete Guide to Message Formatting

Whether you want to emphasize an important point in a gaming server, highlight a channel rule, or just add some visual flair to your chats, formatting text in Discord is quick and easy.

Mastering Discord’s Markdown-based formatting lets you make your words stand out instantly across desktop, mobile, and web apps.

The Short Answer: How to Bold

To make your text bold in Discord, simply place two asterisks (**) at the beginning and the end of the word or phrase you want to change.

• Type: **Hello World**
• Result: Hello World

Make sure there are no spaces between the asterisks and your text, or the formatting won’t work.

Step-by-Step Examples

Here is how different lengths of text look when bolded:

• Single Word: **important** becomes important
• Entire Sentence: **Please read the rules before posting.** becomes Please read the rules before posting.
• Partial Bolding: This is **very** easy to do. becomes This is very easy to do.

Pro-Tip: Combining Bold with Other Styles

Discord allows you to layer different formatting styles together. By adding underscores or asterisks, you can create bold-italics, underlined bold text, and more.