Remove Punctuation

Strip punctuation and symbols from any text in one click. Remove commas, periods, quotes, brackets, and other marks while keeping your words and spacing intact. Optionally remove numbers too for clean, plain text.

Built for remove punctuation workflows and closely related tasks like strip punctuation.

Enter text

29 chars5 words

Options

Also remove numbers

Cleaned textLive preview

Hello World Hows it going

Ctrl+Enter to copy | Ctrl+Z to undo

Example usage

Example input

Hello, World! How's it going?

Example output

Hello World Hows it going

Batch Processing

Enter multiple inputs, one per line. Each line will be processed separately.

Input (one per line)

Results

Why this tool?

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Quick tips

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How it works

Paste the text you want to clean.
All punctuation marks and symbols are removed automatically.
Words and spacing are preserved so the result stays readable.

Use cases

Clean text before analysis, search, or import.

Strip punctuation from lists, names, and data fields.

Prepare plain text for word counts or tokenization.

Remove stray symbols from copied or scraped content.

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FAQ

What does the remove punctuation tool remove?

It removes punctuation marks and symbols such as periods, commas, quotes, brackets, dashes, and currency or math symbols, while keeping letters, numbers, and spaces.

Can it remove numbers as well?

Yes. Turn on "Also remove numbers" to strip digits in addition to punctuation, leaving only letters and spaces.

Does it keep my line breaks?

Yes. Line breaks and word spacing are preserved; only punctuation and symbols are removed, and extra spaces are tidied up.