Remove accents and special characters

Remove accents from Latin letters and optionally remove punctuation and symbols. Retains letters and numbers from other writing systems.

Paste text. The extra option removes punctuation and symbols while retaining letters, language marks, numbers and whitespace.

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Paste text. The extra option removes punctuation and symbols while retaining letters, language marks, numbers and whitespace.

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How to use it

Paste text. The extra option removes punctuation and symbols while retaining letters, language marks, numbers and whitespace.

How text is processed

Latin diacritics are decomposed and removed. Selected letters have explicit replacements: ß→ss, œ→oe, æ→ae, ø→o, ł→l.

Practical example

Caffè, déjà vu! becomes Caffe, deja vu!; removing symbols too gives Caffe deja vu.

Options and limits

This is not universal transliteration or a URL slug generator. Non-Latin writing systems and their marks are retained. Punctuation and symbols are deleted, not replaced with spaces.

Frequently asked questions

How does the text change?

Caffè, déjà vu! becomes Caffe, deja vu!; removing symbols too gives Caffe deja vu.

What should I check in the result?

This is not universal transliteration or a URL slug generator. Non-Latin writing systems and their marks are retained. Punctuation and symbols are deleted, not replaced with spaces.