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Remove accents

Strip the accents and diacritics from text: é becomes e, ü becomes u, ñ becomes n. Use it for file names, search keys, slugs and data that must be plain letters. Free, instant, and your text stays in your browser.

How to remove accents from text

  1. 1Paste or type your text
  2. 2The text without accents appears in the result
  3. 3Copy the result
  4. The same text without accent marks.

What you get

  • Letters stay, marks go.Only the accent marks are removed. Letters, digits, spaces and punctuation stay.
  • Many languages at once.Acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, diaeresis, cedilla and caron are all stripped.
  • Stays on your device.Your text is changed in your browser and is never uploaded.

What you can do

  • Turn café into cafe, Zürich into Zurich and señor into senor.
  • Handle accents from French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish and more.
  • Prepare names and addresses for systems that accept only plain letters.
  • Copy the result with one click.

Good to know

  • Letters that are not an accented base letter stay as they are: ß, æ, ø, œ and ł are not changed.
  • ü becomes u, not ue. For German-style ae, oe, ue and ss use Umlaut converter.
  • Only the accent marks are removed. Everything else, including capitals, stays as typed.
  • Accents on non-Latin scripts, such as Greek tonos marks, are stripped too.

Questions

How do I remove accents from text online?

Paste the text. The result shows the same text with é, ü, ñ and the like turned into e, u and n.

Does ü become u or ue?

u. If you want ue, ä to ae, ö to oe and ß to ss, use the Umlaut converter.

Why did ø or ß not change?

They are letters of their own, not a letter with an accent mark on it, so this tool leaves them. Use Find and replace text for those.

Does it change capitals or spaces?

No. Only accent marks are removed.

How it works

Small tools that run in your browser.

Four steps

  1. Start with a file or a task

    Drop a file, search, or pick a task.

  2. The tool opens in a window

    Open as many as you like, side by side as tabs.

  3. Results collect on the right

    Drag a result into the next tool.

  4. Save when you're done

    Saved files go to your downloads.

Who uses what

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Put a tool on your home screen

The icon opens that tool, like an app.

iPhone and iPad

  1. Open the tool in Safari.
  2. Tap Share (the square with the arrow).
  3. Choose “Add to Home Screen”, then Add.

Android

  1. Open the tool in Chrome.
  2. Tap the menu (⋮) at the top right.
  3. Choose “Add to Home screen” or “Install app”.

Computer

  1. Open the tool in Chrome or Edge.
  2. Click the install icon in the address bar.
  3. Choose Install.

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