Delete Characters from a String
Remove every occurrence of the characters you specify. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Delete Characters from a String
- 1. Paste the text to clean. Enter the string you want specific characters removed from into the input pane, from a short label to a full passage.
- 2. Specify characters to delete. Type every character you want removed into Characters to delete, and turn on Case sensitive if uppercase and lowercase versions should be treated as different characters.
- 3. Copy the cleaned string. Copy the result with every occurrence of the specified characters stripped out, ready to paste wherever the cleaned text is needed.
When to use Delete Characters from a String
Delete Characters from a String removes every occurrence of a set of characters you specify. It is a targeted alternative to find-and-replace when you just need certain characters gone rather than replaced with something else.
- Stripping punctuation from a data field. A phone number or product code was pasted with stray dashes and parentheses, and deleting those specific characters leaves just the digits for a clean database import.
- Removing a specific letter for a word game. You are building a lipogram or word puzzle that forbids a certain letter, and want to quickly check what a passage looks like with that letter removed entirely.
- Cleaning up copy-pasted formatting artifacts. Text copied from a PDF or webpage carried along stray characters like curly quotes or bullet symbols, and deleting them restores plain, portable text.
- Sanitizing input before a strict parser. A downstream parser rejects certain characters like brackets or pipes, and removing them from the input first avoids a parsing error further down the pipeline.
Examples
Delete every l
Input
hello
Output
heo
About the Delete Characters from a String tool
Delete Characters from a String does its work locally, right in the browser. Remove every occurrence of the characters you specify. There is no upload step, no queue and no account, and your data never travels over the network.
It belongs to the String Tools collection on EditSafely, a set of 159 small, focused String utilities that share the same instant, private workspace.
You can shape the output with 2 settings, including Characters to delete and Case sensitive, and the result refreshes the moment you change one. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Running locally also makes the tool fast and dependable: results appear as you type or drop a file, there is no server outage that can take it down mid-task, and confidential data can be processed without a second thought.
Frequently asked questions
Is Delete Characters from a String free to use?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
Everything happens locally. Your browser downloads the tool's code once, then does all the processing itself; nothing you enter is transmitted, stored or logged. You can even go offline after the page loads and it will still work.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. The tool works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone. There is no account to create, no extension to add and no software to install.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.