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Remove Accents and Diacritics From Text

Paste text with accents or diacritics to convert it to plain ASCII. The tool strips accent marks and transliterates letters like ß, æ and ø, while spaces, punctuation and emoji pass through untouched.

How to remove accents from text

  1. Paste or type the accented text into the box.
  2. The ASCII version appears instantly on the right.
  3. Copy the cleaned text for filenames, slugs or plain text fields.

Examples

French accents

café résumé naïve
cafe resume naive

German and Polish letters

straße Łódź
strasse Lodz

Frequently asked questions

What does removing accents do?

It strips diacritical marks and maps special letters to their closest ASCII equivalent, so accented words become plain unaccented text.

How are letters like the sharp s handled?

Letters that have no plain base form are transliterated. The sharp s becomes ss, ae and oe ligatures expand, and stroked letters like ø and ł become o and l.

Does it change spaces, punctuation or numbers?

No. Only accented letters are changed. Spaces, punctuation, digits, plain ASCII and emoji all pass through exactly as you entered them.

Is this good for making URL slugs or filenames?

Yes. Removing accents first gives you safe ASCII text, which you can then lowercase and slugify for clean URLs and filenames.

Is my text private?

Yes. Everything runs in your browser and nothing you paste is uploaded.

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