# Remove Symbols from Around Words

Quickly remove patterns appearing before and after each word in text

> Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/text-remove-symbols-words

- **Category:** Text Processing

- **Keywords:** text, symbols, remove, words, unwrap, patterns, before, after

## Overview

Clean your text effortlessly by stripping unwanted symbols, brackets, or quotes from the beginning and end of words with this efficient text processing utility.

## Inputs

- **Text Input** (textarea): Enter text to process...
- **Remove Type** (select): Select type of symbols to remove
- **Custom Symbols** (text): Enter symbols to remove (e.g., *!@#$)
- **Case Sensitive** (checkbox): Match symbols with case sensitivity
- **Remove Multiple Occurrences** (checkbox): Remove multiple symbols at word boundaries

## When to use

- Cleaning up raw data exports that contain messy formatting or surrounding punctuation.
- Preparing text for programming or data analysis by removing unwanted delimiters.
- Standardizing lists or logs that have inconsistent character wrapping around entries.

## How it works

- Paste your text into the input area.
- Select the type of symbols you wish to remove, such as asterisks, brackets, or quotes.
- Optionally define custom symbols or enable multiple occurrence removal.
- Click process to generate your cleaned, symbol-free text instantly.

## Use cases

- Cleaning CSV or log data that includes unwanted quotes or brackets around values.
- Formatting lists of keywords or tags that were exported with markdown-style asterisks.
- Normalizing text inputs for database ingestion by removing non-word character noise.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I remove custom symbols?

Yes, select the 'Custom Symbols' option and enter the specific characters you want to strip in the provided field.

### Does this tool handle multiple symbols at once?

Yes, by enabling 'Remove Multiple Occurrences', the tool will strip consecutive symbols surrounding your words.

### Is the symbol removal case-sensitive?

You can toggle the 'Case Sensitive' option to determine if symbol matching should respect character casing.

### Will this tool affect the words themselves?

No, the tool is designed to only target symbols at the boundaries of words, leaving the internal characters untouched.

### Is there a limit to the amount of text I can process?

The tool is designed for standard text blocks; simply paste your content and process it in one go.

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## Samples

- [Special Characters Samples](https://elysiatools.com/en/samples/text-special-characters-samples): Sample text files with various special characters, punctuation, and symbols for testing non-alphanumeric character removal
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