Remove Combining Characters
Quickly delete diacritical marks from the Unicode text. 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 Remove Combining Characters
- 1. Paste the accented text. Enter text containing diacritical marks, such as accented letters like é or ñ, into the input pane. Both precomposed and combined-mark forms are handled.
- 2. Review what the tool strips. The tool identifies every combining mark attached to a base letter and removes it, leaving only the plain base character, so é becomes e and ñ becomes n.
- 3. Copy the plain text. Copy the accent-free result from the output pane for use anywhere diacritics would cause a mismatch, such as a search index or a system expecting plain ASCII.
When to use Remove Combining Characters
Remove Combining Characters strips diacritical marks from Unicode text, turning café into cafe and ño into no. Use it whenever accented characters need to become plain ASCII-safe letters for matching, filing or transport.
- Generating an ASCII-safe filename or slug. A file or URL needs a slug derived from a title containing accented letters, like a French or Spanish product name, and the filesystem or router only accepts ASCII. Stripping the marks first produces a safe slug.
- Making a search index accent-insensitive. Users search for 'resume' but the stored value is 'résumé', and an exact match search fails. Stripping combining marks from both the query and the index makes the comparison accent-insensitive.
- Cleaning names for a legacy database column. An old system's name field only supports plain ASCII, and imported customer names contain accented letters. Removing the combining marks before import avoids truncation or encoding errors.
Examples
Strip marks
Input
ño
Output
no
About the Remove Combining Characters tool
Remove Combining Characters runs as plain JavaScript in your browser tab, with no server behind it. Quickly delete diacritical marks from the Unicode text. Whatever you put in stays on your device from start to finish.
The tool is part of EditSafely's Unicode Tools section, 98 single-purpose utilities built around the same idea: open the page, get the result, keep your data to yourself.
There is nothing to configure. Provide the input and the result appears on its own. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
That local-first design has practical benefits beyond privacy. The tool keeps working on a flaky connection once the page has loaded, results are instant because nothing round-trips to a server, and it is safe to use with confidential material.
Frequently asked questions
Is Remove Combining Characters 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.