Strikeout numbers from an enumerated list

Question

I would like to have a simple enumerated list like

\begin{enumerate}
   \item First item
   \item Second item
\end{enumerate}

where I strike through "(1)" and "(2)" but not the text "First item" and "Second item". Would that be possible?

Update: could I have only (1) stroke-through but not (2)?

Answer 1

You can do this with the ulem and the enumitem package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}
    
    \begin{enumerate}[label=\sout{(\arabic*)}]
        \item  First item
        \item Second item
    \end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Answer 2

If I've well understood what you want, it can easily be done with the cancel and enumitem packages:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{cancel} 

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=\cancel{\arabic*}. ]
   \item First item
   \item Second item
\end{enumerate}

\end{document} 

Answer 3

I think you need to use \setcounter{enumi} to get numbers at your list. When you use enumerate environment. For example:

\begin{enumerate}
\setcounter{enumi}{3}
\item Something.
\item Something else.
\item Another element.
\item The last item in the list.
\end{enumerate}

At this exampling the counter in text starts with 3rd number, because it is set there \setcounter{enumi}{3} Also LaTex has different types of enumerating text: Default counters in LaTeX

For document structure

part chapter section subsection subsubsection paragraph subparagraph page

For floats
equation figure table

For footnotes
footnote mpfootnote

For the enumerate environment
enumi enumii enumiii enumiv