Strip Emojis from Your Text Instantly Strip all emojis and emoticons from your text instantly.

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Emoji Remover

Strip all emojis and emoticons from your text instantly.

Paste Text

Paste your text containing emojis.

Review Stripped Text

All emojis are automatically stripped from the text.

Copy Clean Text

Copy the clean text without emojis.

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What Is Emoji Remover?

The Emoji Remover strips all emoji characters from your text, leaving only standard text content. This is useful when preparing text for systems that do not support Unicode emojis, cleaning data for processing, or creating professional documents that should not contain emojis. The tool handles all Unicode emoji ranges including emoticons, symbols, dingbats, skin-tone modifiers, and multi-character emoji sequences such as family or flag emojis. It uses Unicode property escapes to accurately identify and remove emoji characters while preserving all other text content.

Why Use Emoji Remover?

Clean data for databases that do not support emoji characters
Prepare professional documents free of emojis
Process text for legacy systems with limited Unicode support
Remove emojis from copied social media content

Common Use Cases

Data Cleaning

Strip emojis from datasets before importing into databases or analytics tools.

Professional Documents

Remove emojis from text copied from chat or social media for formal use.

Legacy Systems

Prepare text for systems that cannot handle emoji Unicode characters.

Content Moderation

Clean user-submitted content by removing emoji characters.

Technical Guide

The tool uses JavaScript Unicode property escapes (\p{Emoji_Presentation}, \p{Emoji}, \p{Emoji_Modifier_Base}) with the Unicode flag (u) to accurately identify emoji characters across all Unicode planes. This covers the full range of emojis including those in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). Zero-width joiners (U+200D) and variation selectors (U+FE0F) used in composite emoji sequences are also removed. After emoji removal, consecutive spaces are collapsed to single spaces and the result is trimmed. This approach is more reliable than character-range-based matching because it uses the Unicode Consortium's official emoji classifications.

Tips & Best Practices

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Useful for cleaning social media text before analysis
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Works with compound emojis like flags and families
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Check the output for extra spaces where emojis were removed
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Combine with other text cleaning tools for thorough sanitization

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q Does it remove all types of emojis?

Yes, it removes standard emojis, emoticons, skin-tone variants, flag sequences, and compound emoji sequences.

Q Does it remove other special characters?

No, it only targets emoji characters. Other Unicode characters like accented letters are preserved.

Q Why are there extra spaces after removal?

The tool collapses consecutive spaces, but some spacing may remain. Use Remove Extra Spaces for further cleaning.

Q Does it work with emoji shortcodes like :smile:?

No, it only removes actual Unicode emoji characters, not text-based shortcodes.

Q Can I remove specific emojis only?

This tool removes all emojis. For selective removal, use the Find and Replace tool with specific emoji characters.

About This Tool

Emoji Remover is a free online tool by FreeToolkit.ai. All processing happens directly in your browser — your data never leaves your device. No registration or installation required.