UTF-8 to ASCII Converter
Strip text down to plain 7-bit ASCII, dropping non-ASCII characters.
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How do you convert UTF-8 to ASCII?
Legacy systems, EDI feeds and some ID fields still choke on anything beyond 7-bit ASCII. This filter deletes every character above code point 127 and keeps the rest untouched: “café menu ☕” comes out as “caf menu”. It strips rather than transliterates, so é is removed, not rewritten as e, which guarantees the output contains nothing but genuine ASCII.
How to use the UTF-8 to ASCII
- 1 Paste text that may contain accents, emoji or smart quotes.
- 2 Everything above code point 127 is dropped on the spot.
- 3 Scan the result for words that lost letters (café becomes caf).
- 4 Copy the ASCII-only string.
What you can use it for
- Cleaning text for an ASCII-only legacy system.
- Stripping emoji and symbols from a label.
- Producing safe identifiers from mixed input.
- Removing hidden non-ASCII characters from pasted text.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to accented letters and emoji?
Deleted outright. The filter is a strict code-point test: keep 0–127, drop everything else. Surrounding ASCII characters, including the spaces an emoji sat between, stay put.
Does it transliterate é to e?
No, and that is deliberate. Transliteration involves guesswork (is ü “u” or “ue”?), so this tool removes instead. If you need smart replacements, run a transliterator before this filter.
Why did my curly quotes disappear?
Word processors swap straight quotes for the curly U+201C and U+201D, which sit above 127 and get stripped. Convert them back to straight quotes first if you need them kept.
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