Keep Only Letters
Strip every character that isn't an alphabetic letter from text, with an option to preserve spaces.
Result:
How to Use Keep Only Letters
Paste any text into the box, and every character that isn't an alphabetic letter (A-Z, a-z) is stripped out instantly — numbers, punctuation, and symbols all disappear. Leave "Preserve spaces" checked (the default) to keep the words readable and separated, or untick it to squash everything into one continuous run of letters.
Example
"Order #4521: 3x Widgets, $19.99 each!" becomes "Order Widgets each" with spaces preserved, or "OrderWidgetseach" with spaces also removed.
Common Use Cases
- Cleaning messy pasted text down to just the words for a word-frequency or spelling check.
- Stripping order numbers, prices, and symbols out of copied receipt or invoice text.
- Preparing a plain-letters-only sample for cipher, puzzle, or teaching exercises.
FAQs
- Does this remove numbers too? Yes — only alphabetic letters are kept; every digit, symbol, and punctuation mark is stripped out along with everything else that isn't a letter.
- Why keep the spaces toggle on by default? Stripping spaces along with everything else usually isn't what people want, since it jams every word together into one unreadable block — keeping spaces preserved by default keeps the result usable out of the box.
- Are accented letters like é or ñ kept? No — only the standard A-Z / a-z letters are treated as letters; accented and non-Latin characters are removed along with numbers and symbols.