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Remove Punctuation
Strip punctuation from text, with options to keep periods and apostrophes.
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About the Remove Punctuation
This tool removes punctuation from your text, leaving just the words and spaces.
You can choose to keep periods and apostrophes so sentences and contractions stay readable, and collapse any extra spaces left behind.
It is handy for preparing text for analysis, cleaning data and simplifying content before further processing.
Key features
- Remove all common punctuation
- Optionally keep periods and apostrophes
- Collapse extra spaces
- Copy the cleaned text instantly
How to use
- 1Paste your text into the box.
- 2Choose whether to keep periods and apostrophes.
- 3Click Remove punctuation and copy the result.
Frequently asked questions
- Which characters count as punctuation?
- Standard Unicode punctuation such as commas, periods, quotes, brackets, dashes and colons. Letters, digits and spaces are always kept.
- Does it remove emoji or math symbols?
- No. It targets punctuation. Symbols like emoji, plus and equals are left in place.
- Is my text uploaded anywhere?
- No. Cleaning happens entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.