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Remove Punctuation

Strip Unicode punctuation and symbols from text. Optional keep apostrophes, hyphens, periods; whitespace collapse.

Free No signup Client-side Privacy friendly

How to use

  1. 1 Paste any text into the input.
  2. 2 Default strips all Unicode punctuation and symbols (\p{P} and \p{S}).
  3. 3 Toggle to keep apostrophes, hyphens, or periods if needed.
  4. 4 Copy the cleaned text.

Why use this tool

  • Unicode-aware — removes punctuation from any script, not just ASCII.
  • Keep-apostrophes preserves contractions like "don't" intact.
  • Keep-periods preserves sentence boundaries.
  • Optional whitespace collapse cleans up the empty gaps left behind.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as punctuation?

Anything in the Unicode \p{P} category — periods, commas, brackets, dashes, quotes — plus \p{S} symbols (currency, math, other symbols like %, $, ©). Letters, digits, and whitespace are kept.

Does it remove emoji?

Yes — most emoji are in the \p{S} symbol category. Letters and digits inside an emoji ZWJ sequence may survive; turn off the toggle later if you want them out too.

How is "Keep apostrophes" applied?

Both straight ' and curly ’ survive when enabled. All other punctuation in the same character is still removed.

Related?

Use Whitespace Remover to also normalize spacing, or Remove Accents to convert é, ü, ñ to plain ASCII first.

Summary

Remove Punctuation is a free creator utility by Zerethon Tools. Strip Unicode punctuation and symbols from text. Optional keep apostrophes, hyphens, periods; whitespace collapse. Runs entirely in the browser — no signup, no upload.

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Privacy

Your data never leaves your browser unless explicitly stated. Remove Punctuation runs entirely client-side — no server upload, no logging, no tracking of your input.

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