# removeNonASCII

Canonical: https://www.wiki.jodisand.me/snippets/javascript/removenonascii/


Removes non-printable ASCII characters.

- Use `String.prototype.replace()` with a regular expression to remove non-printable ASCII characters.

```js
const removeNonASCII = str => str.replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g, '');
```

```js
removeNonASCII('äÄçÇéÉêlorem-ipsumöÖÐþúÚ'); // 'lorem-ipsum'
```