Punctuation Remover
Delete punctuation marks from any text, with an option to keep the spaces between words.
Remove punctuation
Paste text to remove its punctuation.
How to use the Punctuation Remover
- Paste the text that contains punctuation.
- Decide whether the spaces between the words should be kept.
- Copy the cleaned text with the Copy button.
Features
- Deletes ASCII and Unicode punctuation in one pass
- Covers smart quotes, dashes, ellipses and guillemets
- Includes full-width and CJK punctuation ranges
- Option to drop the spaces as well
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the free online punctuation remover.
Paste your text and every comma, full stop, quote, dash and bracket is deleted instantly as
you type or paste.
All of them: the tool covers ASCII marks plus smart quotes, em dashes, ellipses, guillemets
and full-width CJK punctuation.
With it ticked, spaces and line breaks survive so your words stay separated. Clear it and the
spaces between words go too.
No. Accented letters such as an e with an acute accent are letters, not punctuation, and they
are always left untouched.
Yes. An apostrophe is punctuation, so a word such as do not written with an apostrophe
becomes one unbroken word.
No. Emoji, currency signs and mathematical symbols are separate from punctuation, so use the
special character remover for those.
Yes. Line breaks are never treated as punctuation, so your paragraphs keep exactly the same
number of lines after cleaning.
No. The punctuation is removed locally in your browser and your text is never sent to a
server.
Last updated: October 10, 2026