Accented letters can break URLs, file names, usernames, and legacy systems that only accept plain ASCII, sometimes turning a name into unreadable symbols.
Remove Accents strips the diacritical marks so each accented letter becomes its closest plain letter.
How to use Remove Accents from Text
- Paste text containing accented or diacritical letters.
- Remove Accents decomposes each letter and drops its accent marks.
- Copy the plain ASCII version for URLs, file names, or logins.
Use cases
- Turning an accented name into a plain username or handle.
- Making a file name safe for a system that rejects accents.
- Creating an ASCII slug from an accented title.
Good to know
Remove Accents normalises each character and removes the combining accent marks, so a letter with an acute or an umlaut becomes its base letter. It strips the marks rather than transliterating, so it will not turn the German sharp s into ss or change letters from non-Latin scripts. The result is plain base letters.
Frequently asked questions
Does it transliterate or just remove the marks?
It removes the accent marks from Latin letters. It does not transliterate, so a sharp s stays as is rather than becoming ss.
How does it handle Vietnamese tone marks?
Stacked tone and vowel marks are decomposed and removed, leaving the base Latin letter without its diacritics.
Will it change letters from non-Latin alphabets?
Characters without a base-plus-accent decomposition, such as many non-Latin letters, are left unchanged.