MarkDown Cheat Sheet

Ashish Lahoti

Last Modified: May 23, 2021

Markdown cheat sheet gives you a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements.

It doesn’t cover all the cases, so if you need more information about these elements, Please refer the comprehensive guide for markdown syntax

Cheat sheet

Element Markdown Output

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

This is a paragraph

This is a paragraph

            
1. First Item
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

            
- First Item
- Second Item
- Third Item

            
First Term
: Definition of first term.


Second Term
: Definition of second term.
: Another definition.

> This is a quote

This is a quote

› › › › function test() {
› › › › › › console.log("markdown");
› › › › }


function test() {
  console.log("markdown");
}

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 Header 1 | Header 2 
----------|----------
 Cell 11  | Cell 12  
 Cell 21  | Cell 22

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 11	Cell 12
Cell 21	Cell 22

Bold I am **bold** I am bold

Italic I am *italic* I am italic

Strikethrough I am ~~strike~~ I am ~~strike~~

Link [example link](http://example.com/) example link

Image ![Blog](/img/logo.png)

Code code `syntax` code syntax