Remove Accents
Strip diacritics from any text — café → cafe, naïve → naive. Optional German / Nordic transliteration (ä → ae, ß → ss, å → aa).
How to use
- 1 Paste text with accents, umlauts, tildes, cedillas, or other diacritics.
- 2 Output replaces each accented character with its base letter.
- 3 Toggle German / Nordic transliteration if you need ä → ae instead of ä → a.
- 4 Copy the ASCII-folded result.
Why use this tool
- Unicode NFD decomposition + combining-mark strip — handles any script.
- Optional German / Nordic transliteration for orthographically-correct spellings.
- Preserves case and non-Latin scripts unchanged.
- Pure browser, zero dependencies.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the default and the transliteration option?
Default uses NFD + combining-mark strip — so ä becomes a, ö becomes o. With transliteration on, German and Nordic letters use their multi-letter equivalents — ä becomes ae, ö becomes oe, ß becomes ss, å becomes aa, ø becomes oe, æ becomes ae.
Does it touch non-Latin scripts?
No — Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, CJK, and similar pass through unchanged. Only combining marks added on top of any base letter are removed.
Why does Unicode put accents in a separate code point?
Many accented letters have two equivalent forms: a single precomposed code point (NFC) or a base letter followed by combining marks (NFD). We normalize to NFD then drop the marks.
Need a URL-safe slug instead?
Use our Slugify URL Generator — it removes accents, lowercases, and replaces spaces with hyphens in one step. For other casing transforms see Text Case Converter.
Remove Accents is a free creator utility by Zerethon Tools. Strip diacritics from any text — café → cafe, naïve → naive. Optional German / Nordic transliteration (ä → ae, ß → ss, å → aa). Runs entirely in the browser — no signup, no upload.
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Your data never leaves your browser unless explicitly stated. Remove Accents runs entirely client-side — no server upload, no logging, no tracking of your input.
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