How to Strikethrough Text in a PDF on iPhone

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1. Open the PDF document in Highlights

Tap the PDF you want to open in the Highlights document browser:

iPhone displaying Highlights document browser

The PDF opens full screen:

iPhone displaying a PDF document open in Highlights

2. Select the text you want to strikethrough

This will bring up the selection popover:

Text selection popover

3. Tap the strikethrough button in the selection popover

Strikethrough icon

Your annotation is added to the PDF and the text you added a strikethrough to appear in your notes which you can easily share.

Similarly, you can also highlight and underline text in PDFs.