Text Cleanup

Remove Non-ASCII Characters

Strip out emojis, symbols, and accented characters.

Explanation

Legacy systems often only support basic English characters (ASCII 0-127). This cleans data for those systems.

Examples

Special Chars
Input
Hello! 😀 café ©
Output
Hello!  caf 

Code Examples

JavaScript
const clean = input.replace(/[^\x00-\x7F]/g, '');

💡 Tips

  • Use before exporting to CSV for old Excel versions
  • Helps prevent "broken character" symbols ()
  • Consider replacing accented chars instead of just deleting them

⚠️ Common Pitfalls

  • Deletes meaningful content in most non-English languages