Character Remover
List the characters you want gone, paste your text, and copy a cleaned version without those symbols.
Keyboard: Ctrl or ⌘ + Enter copies. Escape clears. Text stays in this browser.
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Strip only the characters you list
Enter the exact letters, digits, or symbols you want gone. Every matching character is deleted from the paste; the rest of the string is kept in order. The matcher is literal—there is no wildcard unless you type that character yourself.
Cleaning IDs, OCR noise, and banned glyphs
Use this when a CSV column is full of stray “#”, when OCR added `|` artifacts, or when a form rejects `@`. For repeated spaces after deletion, follow with the Whitespace Remover. For a search-and-replace of whole words, use Find and Replace instead.
Case sensitivity and lookalikes
“A” and “a” are different characters. Fancy Unicode letters that look like “A” are different code points and will not be removed unless you paste those glyphs into the removal list. Nothing is uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Can I remove a whole word?
This tool deletes individual characters, not phrases. Use Find and Replace (optionally with regex) to drop whole words.
Does the order of characters in the list matter?
No. Every listed character is stripped wherever it appears. Duplicates in the list have no extra effect.
Will it remove line breaks?
Only if you include a newline in the removal field. Otherwise wrapping stays. Use Remove Line Breaks to join wrapped PDF lines.