Remove Punctuation
Strip commas, periods, quotes and every other punctuation mark from your text instantly.
- Punctuation removed
- 0
- Symbols removed
- 0
- Characters left
- 0
- Words
- 0
How it works
Paste your text and every punctuation mark — commas, periods, question marks, quotes, brackets, colons, em dashes and slashes — is stripped instantly as you type. The tool matches punctuation by Unicode category rather than a short list of ASCII characters, so curly quotes, Spanish ¿¡, CJK 。、 and other non-English marks are removed too. Two smart options are on by default: apostrophes and hyphens inside words are kept, so "don't" and "well-known" survive while stray quote marks and dashes disappear. Turn them off for a hard strip, or add the options to drop numbers, symbols, or to lowercase everything — useful when preparing text for word-frequency analysis, NLP tokenising or CSV cleanup. Everything runs in your browser with JavaScript: your text is never uploaded, so it is safe for confidential documents.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove punctuation from text?
Paste or type your text into the box and the punctuation-free version appears immediately in the output field below, with no button needed. Every punctuation mark (commas, periods, question and exclamation marks, quotes, brackets, colons, semicolons, dashes and slashes) is stripped, then you can copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
Can I remove punctuation but keep apostrophes and hyphens?
Yes. Two options are checked by default: "Keep apostrophes inside words" and "Keep hyphens inside words", so "don't" and "well-known" stay intact while stray quote marks and loose dashes are still removed. Uncheck them for a hard strip that turns "don't" into "dont".
Does this punctuation remover work with non-English text?
Yes. It matches punctuation by Unicode category instead of a short ASCII list, so curly quotes, Spanish ¿ and ¡, French guillemets and CJK marks like 。and 、are removed too. Letters with accents and non-Latin scripts are left untouched.