Em Dash & Special Character Remover
Replace typographic punctuation (em dashes, smart quotes, ellipsis) with plain ASCII equivalents.
Why remove em dashes and smart quotes?
Word processors and modern apps auto-insert typographic characters like em dashes, smart quotes, and ellipses. These cause issues in code, CSV files, SQL queries, and plaintext logs where only ASCII is expected. This tool replaces them with their nearest ASCII equivalent and also strips invisible characters like zero-width spaces and non-breaking spaces.
Private & free — this tool runs entirely in your browser.
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