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Remove accents and special characters

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

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

Result

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How to use the tool

  1. Paste text.
  2. The extra option removes punctuation and symbols while retaining letters, language marks, numbers and whitespace.
  3. Open Compare versions to identify changed or removed characters and try toggling symbol removal.

Method and principles

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.

Input
  • Original text: café déjà vu
  • Also remove punctuation and symbols: No
Result
cafe 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.

Example details

Example details
ParameterValue
Characters including whitespace12

Limits and checks

Limits and checks
ParameterValue
Original text≤ 100000 characters

Frequently asked questions

Can different words become identical?

Yes. For example, “résumé” and “resume” both become “resume”. Keep the original if the distinction matters.

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