Remove punctuation from text

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Paste text below and every punctuation mark is removed: commas, periods, quotes, dashes, brackets, colons and the rest, leaving just words, digits and single spaces. Useful for word counts, search indexes and text analysis.

What gets removed

Marks out, words in

Every punctuation mark

All Unicode punctuation is removed: periods, commas, semicolons, colons, quotes, brackets, dashes, slashes and more.

Words and digits kept

Letters and numbers stay exactly as they are, so the words are intact.

Spacing tidied

Spaces left where punctuation was are collapsed to one and the ends are trimmed.

The Windows app

Put it on a hotkey

☕ Punctuation-free text on a hotkey, for the price of a coffee. Yours forever.

Download this exact setup as a ready-made Punctuation remover profile. Give it a global hotkey in the Windows app and any text you copy loses its punctuation the instant you paste. Same engine as above, entirely offline.

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Pay once, €3.39, no subscription. If the app doesn’t open, the profile is saved to your downloads, just import it.
FAQ

Questions, answered plainly

How do I remove punctuation from text?

Paste the text above and every punctuation mark is stripped out, leaving words and single spaces. Copy the result, or export it as a profile for the Windows app.

Does it remove apostrophes inside words?

Yes. An apostrophe is punctuation, so don't becomes dont and it's becomes its. If you need to keep in-word apostrophes, add a custom pattern rule in the full tool.

Need to keep some characters? The full tool lets you target categories precisely.