Remove Accents

Paste accented text and get clean, plain ASCII back — é becomes e, ñ becomes n, ü becomes u. Ideal for slugs, filenames and old systems that choke on diacritics.

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How removing accents works

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Paste your text

Drop in names, addresses, product titles or anything carrying accents and diacritics.

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Accents are stripped

Each letter is decomposed and its combining marks removed, leaving the base ASCII letter.

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Copy or download

Grab the clean text with one click — nothing is ever saved or sent anywhere.

What this tool does

Accented letters like é, ñ, ü and ç are technically a base letter plus a diacritical mark. This tool uses Unicode NFD normalization to split each character into that base letter and its combining marks, then removes the marks — so café becomes cafe and São Paulo becomes Sao Paulo.

It also maps a handful of letters that don't decompose cleanly, such as the German ß (→ ss), the Nordic ø (→ o), æ (→ ae), Polish ł (→ l), and Icelandic ð and þ. Any character it can't map — like emoji or non-Latin scripts — is left untouched.

This is perfect for building URL slugs, generating safe filenames, cleaning data for legacy systems that only accept ASCII, or preparing text for search where accents shouldn't matter.

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Private by design. Your text never leaves your device. All conversion happens right here in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does removing accents do?
It turns accented letters into their plain equivalents — so café becomes cafe, jalapeño becomes jalapeno, and São Paulo becomes Sao Paulo.
Which special letters does it handle?
As well as everyday accents, it maps letters that don't strip cleanly, such as the German ß (to ss), Nordic ø (to o) and æ (to ae), Polish ł (to l), and Icelandic ð and þ.
What is it useful for?
It's ideal for building URL slugs, generating safe filenames, cleaning data for older systems that only accept plain letters, and preparing text for search where accents shouldn't matter.
What happens to emoji or non-Latin text?
Anything it can't map — like emoji or non-Latin scripts — is left untouched, so nothing unexpected gets removed.
Can I copy or download the cleaned text?
Yes — copy the result with one click, or download it as a plain text file.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. All conversion happens in your browser on your own device — nothing is uploaded or stored.