# CLEAN

text · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

removes non-printable characters

## signature

```
CLEAN(text)
```

returns: `text`

## arguments

- text: text — required

## examples

formula and result, asserted in the engine test suite.

| formula | result | with |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `=CLEAN("text")` | `text` | — |

## related

- [ASC](https://deepcalc.com/functions/asc.md) — converts full-width characters to half-width
- [BAHTTEXT](https://deepcalc.com/functions/bahttext.md) — spells a number as thai baht and satang
- [CHAR](https://deepcalc.com/functions/char.md) — returns the character for a character-set code
- [CODE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/code.md) — numeric code of the first character
- [CONCAT](https://deepcalc.com/functions/concat.md) — joins multiple text strings into one
- [CONCATENATE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/concatenate.md) — joins several text strings into one
- [CONTAINS](https://deepcalc.com/functions/contains.md) — checks if text contains substring
- [DBCS](https://deepcalc.com/functions/dbcs.md) — converts half-width characters to full-width

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- [all text functions](https://deepcalc.com/functions/text-functions.md)
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source: https://deepcalc.com/functions/clean