Remove Special Characters

Remove special characters from text.

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Features

Clean and Sanitize

Strips out all non-alphanumeric characters, leaving only letters and numbers.

Keep Punctuation (Optional)

Optionally preserve common punctuation marks like periods, commas, and hyphens.

Live Results

Your text is cleaned and updated instantly as you type or change options.

About Remove Special Characters

The Remove Special Characters tool is a professional-grade utility designed to help you sanitize and clean your text by stripping away unwanted symbols, punctuation, and non-alphanumeric characters. Whether you're preparing data for a database, creating search-engine-friendly URL slugs, or just need to clean up messy text formatting, this tool provides instant, high-performance results. It's an essential tool for developers, data entry specialists, and content creators who need clean, reliable text output. All processing is done locally in your browser, ensuring your data remains private.

How to Use Remove Special Characters

  • 1
    Input Messy Text

    Paste the text containing unwanted special characters or symbols into the input area.

  • 2
    Adjust Sanitization Options

    Toggle the 'Keep common punctuation' setting to decide if you want to preserve essentials like periods and commas.

  • 3
    Get Cleaned Results

    Watch as the tool instantly strips away special characters, providing you with a clean, alphanumeric-focused version of your text.

  • 4
    Copy to Clipboard

    Click the 'Copy' button to grab your sanitized text and use it in your projects, databases, or documents.

Frequently Asked Questions

By default, the tool removes all characters except letters (A-Z, a-z) and numbers (0-9). If 'Keep common punctuation' is enabled, it preserves symbols like periods, commas, and hyphens.
Yes, all processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. No data is ever sent to or stored on any server, making it safe for sensitive information.
Absolutely! This tool is perfect for cleaning text before converting it into URL-friendly slugs or sanitizing data for database entry.
The tool currently focuses on standard alphanumeric characters (Latin alphabet). Special accented characters or non-Latin scripts may be removed depending on the settings.
Yes, by leaving 'Keep common punctuation' unchecked, the tool will remove all punctuation marks along with other special characters, leaving only letters and numbers.