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Remove Punctuation

Remove commas, periods, quotes and other punctuation marks.

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Strip periods, commas, question marks, quotes, brackets, dashes and other punctuation from your text in one step, while the words stay exactly as they are. It works with curly quotes, ellipses, Spanish ¿ ¡, French « » and full-width CJK punctuation too.

Unlike a simple find-and-delete, smart rules keep the punctuation that belongs inside words: contractions like don't and it's, hyphenated words like well-known, numbers like 3.14 and 10:30, and complete URLs and email addresses. Choose exactly which groups of marks to remove. Your text never leaves your browser.

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How to remove punctuation

  1. STEP 01

    Paste your text

    Paste or type any text. The version without punctuation appears below as you type.

  2. STEP 02

    Pick the marks to remove

    Switch groups such as quotes or brackets on or off, and adjust the smart rules for words, numbers and links.

  3. STEP 03

    Copy the result

    Check the list of removed marks, then copy or download the clean text.

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Features

  • Remove by group

    Sentence endings, commas and colons, quotes, brackets, dashes and other marks can each be removed or kept.

  • Contractions stay readable

    Apostrophes inside words are kept, so don't, it's and O'Brien do not turn into dont, its and OBrien.

  • Numbers and hyphenated words

    Decimal points, thousands separators and times like 10:30 stay, as do words like well-known and COVID-19.

  • Links left intact

    URLs and email addresses keep their dots, slashes and @ signs so they still work after cleaning.

  • Every language

    Recognises Unicode punctuation, including curly quotes, ellipses, « », ¿ ¡ and CJK marks like 。，「」.

  • Optional symbols

    Also remove symbols such as $ + = < > © ° when you need bare words. Emoji are never removed.

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When to remove punctuation

Text without punctuation is easier for many tools and tasks to work with:

  • Preparing text for word frequency, keyword or NLP analysis, so “word,” and “word” count as the same word.
  • Cleaning transcripts, subtitles or scraped text before importing it elsewhere.
  • Creating hashtags, tags or search keywords from sentences.
  • Normalising names, titles and lists before comparing or de-duplicating them.
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Frequently asked questions

Which characters count as punctuation?

All Unicode punctuation marks: . , ; : ! ? … ' " “ ” « » ( ) [ ] { } - – — / @ # % & * _ ¡ ¿ and their equivalents in other scripts. Symbols like $ + = © are not punctuation; turn on “Also remove symbols” to remove them too.

Will it turn “don't” into “dont”?

No, not by default. Apostrophes between letters are kept so contractions and names stay readable. Turn off “Keep apostrophes in words” to remove them as well.

What happens to numbers like 3.14 or 1,000?

Periods, commas and colons between digits are kept, so 3.14, 1,000 and 10:30 stay correct. Turn off “Keep separators in numbers” to remove them.

Can I remove only some punctuation, like quotes?

Yes. Click the groups to switch them on or off. Only the highlighted groups are removed; all other marks stay.

Why are some words joined after removing punctuation?

Marks like slashes or underscores sometimes separate words, as in either/or. Choose “Replace with space” so each removed mark becomes a space instead.

Is my text uploaded?

No. Punctuation is removed in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.

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