Add formatting to your Google Chat messages

To change the appearance of your Chat messages, use the Format menu or use markdown.

Format Google Chat messages

On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
Go to a conversation.
Enter a message.
Highlight the text you want to format.
Click Format or select one of the formatting options on the floating toolbar.
Select an option:
- To bold: Click Bold .
- To italicize: Click Italic .
- To underline: Click Underline .
- To change the text color: Click Text color .
- To add a bullet point before the text: Click Bulleted list .
- To strikethrough: Click Strikethrough .
- To insert a link:
  1. Click Insert link .
  2. Enter the link.
- To add inline code: Click Code .
- To add multi-line code block: Click Code block .
Click Send .

Tip: To remove a text format, highlight the text and repeat steps 5 and 6.

To add markdown formatting to your Google Chat messages, you can include special characters in the text.

Tips:

An inline code block wraps the text.
After a multi-line code block is sent, you can use a toggle to turn the line wrapping on or off.