Extract Letters & Remove Numbers
Strip all numbers, punctuation, and symbols from your text. This tool filters your string to leave absolutely nothing but alphabetical letters (A-Z, a-z).
Text Sanitization and Filtering
When preparing data for linguistic analysis, word clouds, or specific database constraints, you often need to purge all numerical digits and special characters. This tool applies a strict regular expression filter locally in your browser, discarding every character that is not a standard letter, making data sanitization instant.
Why Use Our Keep Only Letters?
- Strict Filtering: Guaranteed to remove all non-alphabetical data.
- Preserves Case: Maintains the original uppercase and lowercase formatting.
- Fast & Private: Evaluates large strings instantly without server calls.
- Optional Space Preservation: Choose whether to keep or remove spaces between words.
How to Use the Keep Only Letters
Paste your messy data containing numbers and symbols.
Toggle whether you want to preserve spaces or squash letters together.
Click 'Extract Letters'.
Copy the resulting pure alphabetical string.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, by default the regex includes extended Unicode letter ranges to preserve characters like 'é', 'ñ', and 'ö'.
No, the regex extraction runs 100% locally in your web browser.
All file processing is performed locally in your web browser. We do not upload, store, or view your data.