Remove Accents & Diacritics from Text
Convert characters like “á, é, ü, ñ, ç, ğ” to plain ASCII (“a, e, u, n, c, g”). Optional ligature conversion (æ→ae, ß→ss), apostrophe preservation, whitespace tidy, and ASCII-only Slug Mode. All processing happens in your browser.
Works with English, French, Spanish, German — and many other Latin-based languages (Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Czech, etc.).
Tip: Use it for SEO slugs, URLs, CSV cleanup, form normalization, and accessibility.
Scope & Limits- Remove accents
- What it does: Removes accents/diacritics from Latin-based text and expands common ligatures (æ→ae, ß→ss, fi→fi).
- What it doesn’t do: It does not transliterate non-Latin scripts (Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, etc.) to Latin.
- Best for: SEO slugs, URLs, CSV cleanup, form normalization, accessibility.
- Privacy: 100% browser-side; nothing is uploaded.
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Why remove accents (diacritics)?
Accented characters are great for readability in many languages, but they can cause issues in places that expect plain ASCII. When you remove accents, you get cleaner SEO slugs, safer file names, predictable URLs, and fewer form-validation errors. This tool converts characters like “é, ñ, ç, ă, ű, ł, ø” into their unaccented equivalents while preserving the rest of your text, punctuation, and spacing.
How to use this Accent Remover
- Paste your text into the input area.
- Click Convert (or use the “1-Click” option if visible).
- Copy the cleaned output and use it in your slug, URL, filename, spreadsheet, or CMS field.
Popular use cases
- SEO & blogging: Turn titles into clean slugs (façade → facade, jalapeño → jalapeno).
- File management: Save PDFs/CSV exports without special characters that can break scripts.
- Forms & imports: Normalize user input before matching, sorting, or deduplication.
- Analytics & tags: Keep campaign parameters and event names ASCII for consistency.
When should I keep accents?
Keep accents for human-facing copy where meaning or pronunciation matters (résumé vs resume). For machine-facing fields—like permalinks, IDs, and file names—use the cleaned output. You can keep a rich “display title” and a plain “slug” at the same time.
Tips for best results
- Clean the slug first, then apply your usual lowercase/space-to-dash rules.
- De-hyphenate soft wraps before removing accents when prepping long paragraphs.
- Combine with “Remove Duplicate Lines” if you’re cleaning lists or tags.
FAQ
How does it remove accents?
We use Unicode normalization (NFD) to split base letters from combining marks, then strip those marks. For example, “é” becomes “e” plus a mark—we remove the mark.
Are ligatures handled?
Enable “Convert ligatures” to expand language and typographic ligatures like æ→ae, œ→oe, ß→ss, and fi/ffi/fl → fi/ffi/fl.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser; we don’t send or store your text.
Can I keep paragraphs?
Yes—“Preserve paragraphs” keeps blank lines between paragraphs while removing diacritics line-by-line.
Which languages does this accent remover support?
It targets Latin-script languages with diacritics: English loanwords, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch and more. If a character has a common ASCII equivalent, the tool maps it while preserving punctuation and spacing.
Does it support non-Latin scripts like Greek or Arabic?
The tool removes accent marks where applicable but does not transliterate non-Latin scripts to Latin. For Greek→Latin or Cyrillic→Latin conversion, use a dedicated transliteration tool.
What is “ASCII-only Slug Mode”?
It converts text to a lowercase, URL-safe slug: removes diacritics, expands special letters (e.g., ß→ss, ø→o, ł→l, þ→th), replaces separators with hyphens, collapses repeats, and trims edges.
Will removing diacritics change meaning?
Sometimes, yes (e.g., résumé vs resume). Use Slug Mode only when you specifically need URL/file-safe output, not for final copy.
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