Emoji Remover
Remove emoji and pictographic symbols from text.
Written by Anil Gautam · Updated
Which characters does the emoji remover delete?
It deletes every character with the Unicode Extended_Pictographic property, plus the invisible variation selector that asks for emoji-style display. In the default sample, the grinning face, rocket and sparkles disappear and the sentence reads Remove emoji from text, with the double spaces they leave behind shrunk to one. Letters in any script, digits, hashtags and @ mentions are kept, so शुभ दीपावली followed by a diya emoji comes back as शुभ दीपावली alone. Text emoticons such as :-) and <3 are ordinary characters and stay.
That property also covers some ordinary symbols. The ©, ® and ™ signs are removed, so Brand™ © 2026 becomes Brand 2026, and so are ♥, ✔, ☎, ✉, ☀ and the double arrow ↔. Single arrows such as → and ←, the stars ★ and ☆, the check mark ✓, bullets, the degree sign and currency symbols such as ₹ and € are kept. Add back any trademark or copyright signs you need after cleaning.
Why are flags or odd marks left behind?
Some emoji are built from several characters, and only the pictographic part is removed. Flags are pairs of regional letter symbols that the property does not cover, so the India flag passes through untouched. A thumbs-up with a skin tone leaves the skin-tone modifier behind, which usually displays as a small square swatch. A keycap emoji such as keycap 1 leaves the digit 1 with a combining keycap mark still attached.
Family and job emoji joined with zero-width joiners lose their pictures, and the joiners remain as invisible characters. They still count toward character limits and can make two texts that look identical fail an exact comparison.
What happens to spaces and line breaks?
Line breaks are never touched, so paragraphs and the blank lines between them come through exactly as they were. Each run of emoji is removed together with the spaces or tabs beside it, and one space is left only where the run sat between two words, so "Remove", a smiley and "emoji" become "Remove emoji". An emoji at the end of a line takes the space before it, so the line keeps no trailing space, and the whole result is trimmed at both ends.
An emoji typed directly between two words is removed without adding a space, so Good and morning joined by a smiley come out as Goodmorning. Everything runs in your browser. If you want all extra spaces and line breaks flattened on purpose, Whitespace Remover does that in one step.