Remove Random Symbols from Text

Remove random symbols from your text quickly with the Remove Random Symbols from Text Tool. Clean out characters like @, #, &, %, and more. Paste or import text, then copy or export the result with one click. Fast and easy cleanup for cleaner content.

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Supported file types: .txt, .csv, .tsv, .log, .json, .xml, .md, .ini, .yaml, .yml, .html, .htm, .css
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Options
Keep spaces
Keep . , ! ?

How to Use:

  1. Paste or import your text into the Input Text box.
  2. Use the Options:
    • Keep spaces: retains regular spacing between words
    • Keep . , ! ?: allows basic punctuation
    • Allow custom characters: enter any symbols you want preserved (e.g. #@&)
  3. The cleaned version appears in the Cleaned Output box.
  4. Use Copy Output or Export to File to save the result.
  5. Press Clear All to reset the tool.

Example:

Input:

Hello!!! This--text?? has: [lots] of *random* symbols... #cleanup_needed@

With options:

  • Keep spaces: ON
  • Keep . , ! ?: OFF
  • Custom allowed: #_

Output:

Hello Thistext haslots of random symbols cleanup_needed

Common Use Cases:

Use this tool to clean noisy text data from scraped sources, social media, or pasted content. It’s great for preparing text for NLP, readability, logging, or filtering out artifacts from OCR and markup conversions.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

Once the random symbols are gone, Normalize Unicode Text can help patch up any lingering encoding issues that might’ve slipped in with the noise. And if you’re prepping the cleaned text for further editing or analysis, Remove Unwanted Characters gives you a second pass to catch the stragglers.

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