Style your message in a visual editor and copy WhatsApp's exact markup, so bold, italic, strikethrough, and lists render correctly in chats, groups, and Status.
Put a single asterisk on each side of the words, like *this*, and WhatsApp shows them in bold when you send the message. That single-asterisk rule is different from most apps, which use two, so this tool handles it for you: style your text in the editor, click Copy, and it inserts WhatsApp's exact *_~ markup. It also replaces the Unicode bold trick that renders as broken squares on many Android and Windows devices.
| Formatting | |
|---|---|
| Bold | ✓ |
| Italic | ✓ |
| Underline | ✕ |
| Strikethrough | ✓ |
| Headings | ✕ |
| Bulleted lists | ✓ |
| Numbered lists | ✓ |
| Inline code | ✓ |
| Code blocks | ✓ |
| Quotes | ✓ |
| Links | ✕ |
| Spoilers | ✕ |
Unsupported styles are dropped automatically when you copy, so nothing pastes in as broken markup.
Almost always it is because you used two asterisks instead of one. WhatsApp bold is a single asterisk on each side (*bold*); double asterisks show up literally in the message. This formatter emits the single-asterisk markup automatically, so it renders every time.
Wrap the words in single underscores, _like this_, and WhatsApp renders them italic. You can combine styles too, so *_bold italic_* works. Select the text, click Italic in the editor, and Copy adds the underscores for you.
No. WhatsApp supports bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace, quotes and lists, but it has no underline and no heading styles. The editor greys those buttons out for WhatsApp and drops them on copy, so nothing pastes in as stray symbols.
Start a line with a hyphen and a space for a bullet, or with 1. for a numbered item, and WhatsApp keeps the list formatting. The editor builds the list visually and outputs the correct line prefixes when you copy.
Yes. Because the output is WhatsApp's own *_~ markup rather than special Unicode characters, it renders identically on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp Web and Desktop. That is the key advantage over Unicode bold generators, which show broken boxes on many Android and Windows devices.
WhatsApp hides its formatting behind symbols most people never learn: a singleasterisk for bold, underscores for italic, tildes for strikethrough. This tool turns that into a visual editor — style your message, click Copy, and it inserts WhatsApp's exact *_~ markup so the text renders the moment you paste it into a chat, group, or Status.
This trips up almost everyone: WhatsApp bold uses one asterisk on each side, *like this*, not the two that ChatGPT and standard markdown use. Paste an AI draft full of **double asterisks** and WhatsApp shows the literal stars. The formatter rewrites them to the single-asterisk form automatically, along with cleaning the hidden characters that make AI text look off.
*text* (one asterisk)_text_~text~```> quoted line- item1. itemThere is no underline and no heading in WhatsApp, so the editor disables those buttons and drops them on copy — nothing pastes in as leftover symbols.
Older "bold text for WhatsApp" tools swap letters for Unicode look-alikes. They render as broken squares on many Android phones and on Windows, misalign when combining marks stack, and get read out letter by letter by screen readers. Because this tool outputs WhatsApp's own markup instead, your bold looks the same on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp Web, and Desktop. The same real-formatting approach powers our Facebook post formatter.
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