Removes accent marks and all non ASCII characters

This online tool removes all accent marks (diacritics) and other strange letters


Change characters without an equivalent to:

How it works

This online converter removes all accent marks and other non English characters and replace them by the colsest equivalent.

Some conversion examples are:

The conversion can be used for example to avoid strange displaying errors in some old computer systems.

Technical explanation

Converts Unicode text (UTF8) or 8 bits extended ASCII into normal 7 bits ASCII. To do so it removes the non ASCII character and changes it to its equivalent in standard English if there is one. If there is no equivalence it is substituted by the character provided by the user.