Remove Accents
Convert accented letters like é, ñ and ü to plain ASCII characters.
- Free
- Real-time
- Runs locally
Options
Remove accents from
Greek, Cyrillic and all other scripts are left unchanged.
Converted
0
Distinct
0
Accented characters
Non-ASCII left
0
Emoji, symbols, other scripts
Conversions
No accented characters yet.
Convert accented letters to their plain form in one step: Crème brûlée becomes Creme brulee, jalapeño becomes jalapeno and Zürich becomes Zurich. Everything else, including punctuation, numbers, line breaks and emoji, stays exactly where it was.
Letters with no accent to drop, such as ß, æ, ø and ł, are spelled out the usual way (ss, ae, o, l). Greek and Cyrillic can be included when you need them, while scripts such as Hindi, Arabic or Japanese are never altered. Conversion happens in your browser, so your text stays private.
How to remove accents from text
- STEP 01
Paste your text
Paste names, addresses, keywords or any text. The plain version appears below as you type.
- STEP 02
Adjust the options
Choose which alphabets to convert and whether special letters and compatibility characters are simplified.
- STEP 03
Copy the result
Review the list of conversions, then copy or download the text without accents.
Features
All Latin diacritics
Acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, umlaut, cedilla, caron, ring, ogonek and more, in upper and lower case.
Special letters spelled out
ß → ss, æ → ae, œ → oe, ø → o, ł → l, đ → d and þ → th, so names stay readable in plain ASCII.
Greek and Cyrillic option
Optionally drop tonos and other marks from Greek and Cyrillic letters, such as ά → α and ё → е.
Other scripts protected
Vowel signs in Hindi, Thai, Arabic or Japanese are never removed, so that text is not damaged.
Compatibility characters
Turn ligatures, superscripts and full-width letters into ordinary characters: fi → fi, ² → 2.
Conversion report
See every accented character found, what it became and how often it appeared.
When to remove accents
Plain letters are easier for many systems to store, sort and search. Common uses include:
- Preparing names and addresses for systems, forms or file formats that only accept ASCII.
- Creating usernames, email aliases, file names and URL slugs from names like “José Müller”.
- Making search and matching accent-insensitive, so “resume” finds “résumé”.
- Cleaning data exports before comparing or de-duplicating records.
Frequently asked questions
What does removing accents do?
It replaces each accented letter with its base letter, such as é → e, ñ → n and ü → u. Accents are also called diacritics. The rest of your text is not changed.
How are letters like ß, æ and ø converted?
These letters have no accent that can be dropped, so they are spelled out: ß → ss, æ → ae, œ → oe, ø → o, ł → l, đ → d and þ → th. Turn off “Convert special letters” to keep them.
Does it work with Greek or Russian text?
Yes. Choose “Latin, Greek & Cyrillic” to remove Greek tonos (ά → α) and Cyrillic marks (ё → е, й → и). By default only Latin letters are changed, because in Russian й and и are different letters.
Is ü converted to u or ue?
To u. The tool removes the mark rather than applying language-specific spelling rules, so Müller becomes Muller. Use Find and Replace first if you need ü → ue.
Will punctuation, emoji or other languages be removed?
No. Only accents are removed. Punctuation, symbols, emoji, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and other characters are kept. Use Remove Special Characters if you also want to strip those.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Accents are removed in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.