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Remove numbers from text

Delete every digit from your text and keep the rest: letters, punctuation and spacing. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

How it works

  1. Paste your text

    Type or paste the text in the left box, or open a .txt file. No text to hand? Click Example.

  2. Instant result

    The result appears as you type. Change the options and see straight away what changes.

  3. Copy or download

    Copy the result with one click, save it as a file or use it as input for a next step.

Example

Order 1042: 3 apples at €0.45 on 12-05-2026, total 1.35. becomes Order : apples at €. on --, total ... The note under the result reports how many digits were removed, here 19.

What is left behind

Only digits go, so punctuation that belonged to numbers stays: the decimal point in 0.45, the hyphens in a date and the comma in 1,000. The option Tidy leftover double spaces collapses the gaps. For tidier output, remove the leftover punctuation too with remove punctuation.

Uses

  • Getting the words out of text with order numbers, page numbers and prices.
  • Cleaning OCR output where stray digits sneak in between letters.
  • Preparing a list of names or labels that carry a number suffix, such as item1, item2.

To count digits instead of removing them, the character counter tells you how many characters a text has.

Frequently asked questions

Which numbers are removed?

All decimal digits 0 to 9, including digits of other scripts such as Arabic-Indic ones. Number words (`three`) and characters like ½ or ² are not digits and stay.

Why are there stray symbols left over, such as a lone € or comma?

Only the digits are removed. `€2,50` becomes `€,`. Remove the leftovers with [remove punctuation](/en/text/remove-punctuation) or [remove special characters](/en/text/remove-special-characters).

How does the note count?

It states how many digits were removed, so `Order 1042: 3 apples` reports 5.

Can I remove only numbers that stand alone?

Not with this tool. Use [find and replace](/en/text/find-and-replace-text) with the regular expression option, for example `\b\d+\b` for whole numbers.