Remove Punctuation Tool
Strip the punctuation out of text, leaving just the words and spaces.
Words without the marks
Sometimes punctuation is in the way — you want to analyse the plain words, feed clean text into another tool, normalise a phrase for comparison, or strip out the commas and full stops for a particular format. This removes the punctuation and hands back just the words and spaces, without you deleting each mark by hand.
Paste the text and the punctuation is taken out.
What gets removed
Typically it strips the common marks — full stops, commas, question and exclamation marks, quotes, brackets, dashes and the rest — while keeping the words and the spaces between them intact, so the text stays readable as a sequence of words. It is a common first step before counting or comparing words, where trailing punctuation would otherwise make word and word, look like two different things.
Frequently asked questions
What punctuation does it remove?
The common marks — full stops, commas, quotes, brackets, dashes and so on — leaving the words and spaces.
When is this useful?
Before analysing or comparing words, or when a format needs plain text with no punctuation.
Is my text uploaded?
No. It is processed in your browser.