🚫 Too Many — Em Dashes — “Remove Em” from Your Writing

Tired of content that looks like it was written by ChatGPT — full of long — em — dashes? 😬
You’re not alone — overuse — of em dashes — makes writing feel robotic 🤖, clunky 😵, and unnatural. — — —
If you’ve ever asked yourself “what can I do — to prevent em dashes in my content?” 👉 this free tool is the answer.

Em Dash Cleanup Tool

✅ Paste your text.
✅ Remove or replace those em dashes.
✅ Get natural, human-sounding writing again.

With the Dash Cleanup Tool you can:

  • Automatically replace em dashes (—) with cleaner, natural alternatives like commas or “and”.
  • Convert en dashes (–) in your text into proper separators, like a colon.
  • Preserve numeric ranges so dates (1999–2003) or times (2pm–5pm) don’t break.
  • Normalise quotes and spacing for polished, human-friendly copy.
  • Copy or download your cleaned text instantly.

Stop letting em dashes give your content away as AI-generated. Paste your text, choose your style, and publish writing that looks professional, natural, and reader-friendly.

Copy our article and test it out for yourself

Em dash replacement
Extras

  • Fix dashes automatically – Replace en dashes (–) with a colon :, and em dashes (—) with either a comma or “and”.
  • Choose your style – Keep original spacing, add double spaces after sentences, or normalise quotes to “smart” or “straight”.
  • Preserve ranges – Protects date and number ranges (like 1999–2003 or 2pm–5pm) so they stay correct.
  • Easy output – Copy the cleaned text in one click or download it as a .txt file.

Paste your text on the left, adjust your options, and get a polished version on the right – ready to use anywhere.

Best of all its Free!