Remove Accents and Diacritics
Strip the accents and diacritics from any text in one click. Keeps the ñ by default, because in Spanish it is a letter of its own.
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What does removing accents from a text mean?
Removing accents from a text means replacing every letter with an accent or diacritic by its plain version: "á" becomes "a", "ü" becomes "u". The result is a text in basic Latin characters.
A remove accents tool automates that work. Instead of fixing letter by letter, you paste the text and instantly get the version without diacritics, ready to use in systems that do not support special characters.
The whole process happens in your browser, with nothing sent to a server. It is the fastest way to remove accents from any text document.
Why remove diacritics?
Removing accents is useful whenever a system does not accept special characters. These are the most frequent use cases.
URLs and slugs
Removing accents is essential for clean URLs: "café-parís" becomes "cafe-paris", a compatible address that is easy to share.
File names
Some systems corrupt files with diacritics. Removing the accents from the name avoids upload errors and cross-platform issues.
Databases and systems
Many legacy systems only accept ASCII characters. Removing accents normalizes the text before importing it into a database.
To adjust the formatting too, try the case converter, check the length with the character counter or see the social media character limits.
How to remove accents step by step
Paste the text
Copy the text with accents from Word, an email or a website and paste it into the top box.
Choose the options
Decide whether to keep the ñ and whether to lowercase the result for a URL.
Copy the result
The text without accents appears instantly. Copy it or download it as a .txt file.
The ñ is not an accent: why it is kept
Unlike a tilde, the ñ is a letter of its own in the Spanish alphabet, not an "n" with an accent on top. That is why this tool keeps it by default when removing accents.
The difference matters: "año" (year) without the ñ becomes "ano" (anus), and "España" turns into "Espana". Removing the ñ can completely change the meaning of a word.
Remember: only turn off "Keep the ñ" when the destination — such as a URL or an ASCII system — does not support that character.
Character conversion table
This table summarizes how the tool transforms each accent and diacritic when removing accents.
| With accent | Without accent | Type |
|---|---|---|
| á é í ó ú | a e i o u | Acute accent |
| à è ì ò ù | a e i o u | Grave accent |
| â ê î ô û | a e i o u | Circumflex |
| ä ë ï ö ü | a e i o u | Diaeresis |
| ã õ | a o | Tilde (Portuguese) |
| ç | c | Cedilla |
| ñ | ñ | A letter of its own: kept |