Cleaning punctuation out of text is a direct character operation, not a writing check.
Remove Punctuation strips punctuation marks in your browser while leaving your letters and words untouched.
How to use Remove Punctuation
- Paste or type your text into the input box.
- Choose whether to keep sentence punctuation such as periods, question marks and exclamation points.
- Copy the cleaned result from the output box.
Use cases
- Building a clean word list from a block of text.
- Normalizing text into tokens for matching.
- Removing punctuation from copied data.
Good to know
Remove Punctuation removes Unicode punctuation characters directly, with an option to keep sentence-ending marks. It preserves letters, accents and non-Latin text, so words and scripts stay intact while brackets, quotes, commas and similar marks are removed. It is a character cleanup, not a spell, grammar or style checker, and it does not change or correct your wording.
Frequently asked questions
Which characters are removed?
Punctuation marks such as commas, quotes, brackets, semicolons and dashes; with the keep-sentence option on, periods, question marks and exclamation points stay.
Are letters, accents and non-Latin text kept?
Yes. Only punctuation is removed, so accented letters and non-Latin scripts are preserved exactly.
Can I keep sentence punctuation?
Yes. The keep-sentence-marks option leaves periods, question marks and exclamation points while removing other punctuation.
Does it correct spelling or grammar?
No. It only removes punctuation characters and never changes or corrects your words.