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I searched a lot, but nowhere is it written how to remove non-ASCII characters from Notepad++.

On this page, you can find the list of file extensions associated with the Notepad application. There are currently 56 filename extension(s) associated with the Notepad application in our database. Notepad is capable of opening the file types listed below. Conversion between the file types listed below is also possible with the help of Notepad. In Notepad++, if you go to menu Search → Find characters in range → Non-ASCII Characters (128-255) you can then step through the document to each non-ASCII character. Share| improve this answer. Find non-ASCII characters in a text file and convert them to their Unicode equivalent. Notepad++ is a free (as in 'free speech' and also as in 'free beer') source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License. Displaying Unicode in Notepad. The quickest way to add Unicode text to a Notepad document is to paste it there. Visit a website or open an email message that displays Unicode characters, hold down. Find non-ascii chars / maximum line length? Is it possible in Notepad++ to search for characters that are non-ascii? Also, is it possible to know the maximum line length in a document, before the CR/LF? -> Vertical Edge settings so as to locate which lines have a length higher than some threshold. 3/ Use the Search -> Find, Count.

I need to know what command to write in find and replace (with picture it would be great).

• If I want to make a white-list and bookmark all the ASCII words/lines so non-ASCII lines would be unmarked

• If the file is quite large and can't select all the ASCII lines and just want to select the lines containing non-ASCII characters...

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This expression will search for non-ASCII values:

Tick off 'Search Mode = Regular expression', and click Find Next.

Source: Regex any ASCII character

In Notepad++, if you go to menu Search → Find characters in range → Non-ASCII Characters (128-255) you can then step through the document to each non-ASCII character.

In addition to the answer by ProGM, in case you see characters in boxes like NUL or ACK and want to get rid of them, those are ASCII control characters (0 to 31), you can find them with the following expression and remove them:

In order to remove all non-ASCII AND ASCII control characters, you should remove all characters matching this regex:

To remove all non-ASCII characters, you can use following replacement: [^x00-x7F]+

To highlight characters, I recommend using the Mark function in the search window: this highlights non-ASCII characters and put a bookmark in the lines containing one of them

If you want to highlight and put a bookmark on the ASCII characters instead, you can use the regex [x00-x7F] to do so.

Cheers

To keep new lines:

1. First select a character for new line... I used #.
2. Select replace option, extended.
3. input n replace with #
4. Hit Replace All

Next:

Find Non Ascii Characters In Text File Notepad App Download Windows 10

1. Select Replace option Regular Expression.
2. Input this : [^x20-x7E]+
3. Keep Replace With Empty
4. Hit Replace All

Now, Select Replace option Extended and Replace # with n

:) now, you have a clean ASCII file ;)

Another good trick is to go into UTF8 mode in your editor so that you can actually see these funny characters and delete them yourself.

Another way...

1. Install the Text FX plugin if you don't have it already
2. Go to the TextFX menu option -> zap all non printable characters to #. It will replace all invalid chars with 3 # symbols
3. Go to Find/Replace and look for ###. Replace it with a space.

This is nice if you can't remember the regex or don't care to look it up. But the regex mentioned by others is a nice solution as well.

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If you have viewed a Web page containing strange characters you did not understand, you may have seen Unicode characters. Unicode consists of a character set that covers most languages in the world. Browsers that understand Unicode can display Unicode characters on a Web page. Many text editors, including Notepad, also allow you to display Unicode text.

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Notepad Encoding Options

Different software programs encode characters in different ways. Notepad can manage text encoded in several formats such as ANSI, Unicode and UTF-8. Find these options by clicking the 'Encoding' button on Notepad's Save As window. After creating or updating text in a document, you can select one of these encoding options in which to save the file. If you do not choose an option, Notepad saves your document in its default ANSI format.

UTF Encoding

A UTF-8 character is also a Unicode character that consists of 8 bytes. A byte is a small computer unit. UTF-8 is also an efficient format used widely in transmissions over the Internet. UTF-16 and UTF-32, which do not appear in Notepad's Save As window, also produce Unicode characters whose byte sizes are 16 and 32. Unicode defines unique characters, but it also has the ability to combine characters and create new ones, such as letters that contain accents.

Displaying Unicode in Notepad

The quickest way to add Unicode text to a Notepad document is to paste it there. Visit a website or open an email message that displays Unicode characters, hold down your left mouse button and copy them as you would normal text. After launching Notepad, you can right-click inside a document and click 'Paste' to paste the Unicode text. After saving your document, open it again to display its contents. Copy, cut and paste Unicode text as you normally would regular text.

Tips

If you are a fan of unusual Unicode characters, such as those that display faces and interesting shapes, you can use Notepad to create a library of those characters. Whenever you need to use one in an email or on a forum post, copy it from your Notepad document and paste it in the desired location. If you attempt to save a Unicode document in an ANSI format, Windows warns that you will lose your Unicode formatting if you do not choose a Unicode encoding option from the 'Encoding' drop-down list in the Save As window.

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