Remove or replace em dashes (—) and en dashes (–) from any text in one click.
Click the input box and paste your content using Ctrl+V or the Paste button.
Select the mode or settings in the options bar above the editor — they differ per tool.
Hit the centre button to run the transformation. Your result appears instantly in the output panel.
Click Copy to grab your result, or Download to save it as a .txt file.
An em dash (—) is a long punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence. It is wider than a hyphen (-) or en dash (–). Em dashes are common in formal writing but can cause issues in some digital formats.
An em dash (—) is the longest of the three and signals a strong break. An en dash (–) is medium width and is typically used for ranges (e.g. 2020–2025). A hyphen (-) is the shortest and joins compound words.
Em dashes can cause problems when text is pasted into forms, spreadsheets, code editors, or certain CMS platforms that do not render them correctly. Replacing them with hyphens or commas makes the text more portable.
Yes — choose your replacement character: nothing (remove entirely), hyphen (-), comma, or a space. The output appears instantly.
Yes. All processing happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
