Remove special characters, symbols, and punctuation from any text with one click. Keep only the characters you need — letters, numbers, spaces, and more. Customizable filters give you full control over what stays and what goes. Free, private, no login required.
Follow these simple steps to strip unwanted symbols and punctuation from any text. It takes just seconds — no technical knowledge required.
Enter your text in the input area by typing directly, pasting from your clipboard, or uploading a .txt file. There is no character limit — process as much text as you need.
Select which character types to preserve using the checkboxes: letters, numbers, spaces, newlines, periods, commas, and hyphens. Enter any custom characters to keep in the text field.
Press the "Remove Special Characters" button to process your text. All characters not matching your selected keep filters will be instantly stripped from the text.
Use the Copy button to copy the cleaned text to your clipboard, or click Download to save it as a .txt file. The before/after character count shows exactly how many characters were removed.
A fast, private, and fully customizable text cleaning tool built by professional developers at CoderDesign Toronto. Here is what makes it different.
Process text in milliseconds, no matter the length. The tool uses optimized regex patterns to strip unwanted characters instantly — paste, click, and get clean text with zero waiting.
All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never sent to any server, stored in any database, or shared with any third party. Complete privacy guaranteed.
Choose exactly which character types to keep or remove. Toggle letters, numbers, spaces, newlines, periods, commas, hyphens, or enter any custom characters to preserve.
Upload .txt files directly to clean their contents. The file is read locally in your browser and never uploaded to any server — perfect for processing large text files quickly.
Use this tool on desktop, tablet, or mobile. Fully responsive design that works in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and all modern browsers. No installation or plugins needed.
Start cleaning text immediately. No login, no account creation, no email address required. Free forever with unlimited usage — just paste your text and get results instantly.
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