Remove Accents
Convert accented characters to plain ASCII in one click — perfect for URL slugs and database imports.
What is Remove Accents?
Accented characters break legacy URLs, mangle in wrong encodings and confuse ASCII-only search indexes. You need plain letters fast.
Paste your accented text and get clean ASCII output.
If you're generating SEO-friendly URLs, you turn 'café' into 'cafe' for slugs. If you're migrating data, you avoid encoding errors. If you're cataloging international names, you normalize for consistent search.
How to use Remove Accents
Four steps. No setup, no signup.
Step 1
Paste your accented text
Step 2
See diacritics stripped: é → e, ñ → n
Step 3
Verify the word still reads correctly
Step 4
Hit Copy and use as a slug or import
Example
Accented characters become plain ASCII letters.
Input
café à Périgueux — jalapeño, näivé, naïve
Output
cafe a Perigueux — jalapeno, naive, naive
Why Remove Accents is useful
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Generate SEO-friendly URL slugs from international content.
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Avoid encoding errors when migrating between databases.
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Handles ß → ss, œ → oe, æ → ae per Library of Congress rules.
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Stack with Lowercase + Remove Special Characters for full slug prep.
Common questions
What does ß become?
German ß converts to 'ss', œ to 'oe', æ to 'ae' per Library of Congress rules.
Tip: Standard transliteration for Latin-script languages.
What about Cyrillic or Arabic?
Only Latin diacritics strip. Non-Latin scripts pass through.
Tip: Use a transliterator for Greek, Cyrillic or Arabic.
Are capitals handled?
Yes, É becomes E and Ñ becomes N.
Tip: Both cases convert symmetrically.
Will it break Vietnamese or Polish?
Yes, accents carry meaning in those languages. Use carefully.
Tip: Vietnamese needs proper romanization, not just stripping.
Last reviewed: April 2026 · Free, browser-based, no signup.
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