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Remove Accents

Remove accents and diacritics from text online — turn é into e, ñ into n, ü into u. Convert accented characters to plain ASCII while keeping the base letters.

What is the Remove Accents?

Remove Accents converts accented and diacritical characters into their plain base letters — é becomes e, ñ becomes n, ü becomes u, and so on.

  • Converts é, ñ, ü, ç and more to base letters
  • Uses standard Unicode NFD normalization
  • Keeps the underlying letters intact
  • Great for slugs, filenames and usernames
  • Live preview as you type
  • 100% in-browser — text is never uploaded

How to use the Remove Accents

  1. 1

    Paste or type text containing accented characters into the input box.

  2. 2

    Accents and diacritics are stripped to base letters automatically.

  3. 3

    Review the ASCII-friendly result.

  4. 4

    Copy the plain text or download it as a file.

About the Remove Accents

Remove Accents converts accented and diacritical characters into their plain base letters — é becomes e, ñ becomes n, ü becomes u, and so on. It's ideal for creating ASCII-safe slugs, filenames, usernames, and search keys from international text.

The tool uses Unicode NFD normalization to split each character into its base letter and combining marks, then removes the marks. The underlying letters are kept exactly, so names and words remain readable while losing their accents.

Conversion happens locally in your browser with JavaScript — nothing is uploaded. It's a fast, private way to normalise multilingual text right on your own device.

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove accents from text?

Paste your text into the box and the tool normalises each character and strips the combining accent marks, turning letters like é and ñ into e and n.

How does removing accents work technically?

It applies Unicode NFD normalization, which decomposes an accented letter into its base letter plus a separate combining mark, then deletes those combining marks and keeps the base.

Does it change the base letters themselves?

No. Only the accents are removed. The base letters stay the same, so the word remains recognisable — just without its diacritics.

Why would I want to remove accents?

ASCII-only accents are useful for URL slugs, filenames, database keys, email local parts, and search matching where accented characters can cause problems.

Is my text uploaded when removing accents?

No. The normalization runs entirely in your browser, so your text is processed locally and never sent to a server.

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