Remove Special Characters
Remove special characters from text
Input Text
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Output Text
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How It Works
Remove special characters from text
Strip all special characters, symbols, and punctuation from your text, keeping only letters, numbers, and spaces. Clean up text for plain-text processing, sanitize user input, or prepare data for systems that don't accept special characters.
Key Features
- ✓Removes all special characters and symbols
- ✓Keeps letters, numbers, and spaces
- ✓Option to keep specific characters
- ✓Works with Unicode text
How to Remove Special Characters
- 1
Paste your text
Enter text with special characters.
- 2
Special chars are removed
Only letters, numbers, and spaces remain.
- 3
Copy clean text
Click copy for the cleaned text.
Common Use Cases
- •Sanitizing user input for plain-text fields
- •Cleaning up text for search indexing
- •Removing symbols from data imports
- •Preparing text for SMS or systems with limited character support
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a special character?▼
Everything except letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and spaces. This includes punctuation (!@#$%^&*), brackets, quotes, and symbols.