Markdown Cheat Sheet 2025: Complete Quick Reference

Published April 2025 · 5 min read

The complete Markdown reference. Bookmark this page.

Text Formatting

**bold**          → bold
*italic*          → italic
~~strikethrough~~ → strikethrough
**_bold italic_** → bold italic
`inline code`    → inline code

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4

Links & Images

[Link Text](https://example.com)
![Alt Text](image.jpg)
[Link with title](url "Title")

Lists

- Unordered item
- Another item
  - Nested item

1. Ordered item
2. Second item

Code Blocks

```javascript
const x = 42;
```

Blockquotes

> This is a quote
>> Nested quote

Tables

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   |
| Cell 3   | Cell 4   |

Horizontal Rule

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Task Lists (GitHub)

- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Incomplete task

Try It Live

Use our Markdown Preview to write and preview Markdown in real-time.

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