Remove Characters
Local ProcessingRemove chosen characters or strings, emoji, punctuation, or accents.
How It Works & Processing Standards
Remove chosen characters or strings, emoji, punctuation, or accents.
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Current Limits
- Maximum input length: 2,000,000 characters
Pick what to remove under "Task" — hyphens in phone numbers, emoji in a post, or accents on letters (é → e).
What You Can Do
- Specific characters
- Removes every character you list, such as "-" or "()".
- Specific string
- Removes a word or phrase entirely.
- Emoji and punctuation
- Removes only emoji, or only punctuation such as periods and commas.
- Accents
- Strips marks from letters, as in café → cafe.
How to Use Remove Characters
- 1Choose a taskPick what to remove.
- 2Enter text and targetFor characters or strings, also enter what to remove.
- 3CopyCopy the result.
Examples
Remove hyphens from a phone number
Input: 010-1234-5678 / characters "-"
Result: 01012345678
Remove punctuation
Input: 안녕하세요! 반갑습니다, 정말로?
Result: 안녕하세요 반갑습니다 정말로
Common Use Cases
- Keeping only the digits of a phone or account number
- Stripping emoji and punctuation before analysis
- Normalizing foreign names to plain letters
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
I want only the digits.
The numbers task in the Email, URL & Phone Extractor pulls out only the digits.
Can I remove with a regex?
Use the regex task in Find & Replace with an empty replacement.