Unicode to ASCII Transliteration Converter — Online & Free

Convert Unicode text to standard plain ASCII by removing accents, diacritics, and special characters.

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Unicode to ASCII Transliteration Converter — Free Online Tool

Transliterate and convert non-ASCII Unicode characters into clean standard 7-bit ASCII format. Perfect for cleaning up data for legacy systems, database uploads, or URL sanitization.

How to Use

  1. Paste your Unicode text in the input box.
  2. Accents and non-ASCII punctuation will be stripped or mapped to ASCII equivalents.
  3. Copy the cleaned ASCII text.

About This Font

ASCII is a 7-bit character set representing 128 characters. Modern Unicode contains millions of characters. This tool converts Unicode characters to their nearest ASCII matches.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this converter actually do?

It removes or replaces non-ASCII characters — like accented letters (é, ü, ñ), curly quotes, em dashes, and special symbols — with their closest 7-bit ASCII equivalents, or removes them if no equivalent exists.

When would I need to convert Unicode to ASCII?

Common use cases include cleaning text for legacy systems, database imports that do not support Unicode, URL slug generation, CSV exports for old software, and sanitizing content for email or plain-text processing.

Will Devanagari or Hindi text be converted?

No. ASCII cannot represent non-Latin scripts like Devanagari, Arabic, or Chinese. Those characters will be stripped out entirely. This tool is designed for Latin-based text only.

Will the smart quotes ("") be converted too?

Yes. Curly/smart quotes, em dashes, ellipsis characters, and similar Unicode punctuation are mapped to their standard ASCII equivalents (straight quotes, hyphens, three dots).

Is my text sent to any server?

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your text stays on your device.