How to Highlight in Google Docs

If you want to emphasize important text, learning how to highlight in Google Docs helps make your content easier to read and review.

Highlight text in Google Docs

In Google Docs:

1. Open your document
2. Select the text you want to highlight
3. Click the Highlight color icon in the toolbar
4. Choose your preferred color

→ The selected text will be highlighted instantly

Remove highlight color

1. Select the highlighted text
2. Click the Highlight color icon
3. Choose None

→ The highlight will be removed

Why use highlighting

• Emphasize important information
• Improve readability
• Make notes and edits easier to spot

Quick tip

Use light highlight colors like yellow or light blue so the text remains easy to read.