Remove Accents - Text Normalization

What Is the Remove Accents Tool?

The Remove Accents Tool converts accented and diacritic characters — é, ñ, ü, ç, ø, å — into their plain ASCII equivalents. Paste text from any language that uses Latin-based characters, choose a normalization mode, and get a clean ASCII version ready to copy or download. Six modes cover standard transliteration, German and Scandinavian conventions, case preservation, and strict ASCII enforcement.

How to Remove Accents from Text

1. Paste your text into the Text with Accents box. Works with French, Spanish, German, Scandinavian, Italian, and more.
2. Pick a Normalization Mode — Basic covers most cases; use German or Scandinavian modes for language-specific conventions like ä→ae or å→aa.
3. Check the stats bar to see how many accented characters were converted or removed.
4. Click Copy or Download to save the normalized output.

Where Can You Use the Remove Accents Tool?

Normalization Modes Explained

• Basic: Converts the most common Latin diacritics — é→e, ñ→n, ü→u, ç→c. Handles French, Spanish, Italian, and common European accents.
• Extended Unicode: Broader coverage including Eastern European and Turkish characters — ę→e, ğ→g, ł→l, and more.
• German: Follows German conventions — ü→ue, ö→oe, ä→ae, ß→ss. Basic mode maps ü→u which is incorrect for German text.
• Scandinavian: Nordic conventions — å→aa, æ→ae, ø→oe.
• Preserve Case: Applies Basic conversions but preserves the original letter case so É→E instead of É→e.
• Strict ASCII: Applies Basic conversions and then removes any remaining non-ASCII characters (code point > 127). Use for systems that require 7-bit clean output.

Best Practices and Limitations

All processing runs locally in your browser — no data is uploaded to any server, making it safe for private documents, customer names, and confidential records.

This tool handles Latin-based diacritics only. Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and other non-Latin scripts are not converted — they pass through unchanged (or are removed in Strict ASCII mode). When processing German text, always use the German mode — Basic mode maps ü→u which is incorrect for German conventions. If you are unsure, run the sample text through multiple modes and compare the output before processing your full dataset.