# strip-ansi [](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/strip-ansi) > Strip [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) from a string --- <div align="center"> <b> <a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-strip-ansi?utm_source=npm-strip-ansi&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme">Get professional support for 'strip-ansi' with a Tidelift subscription</a> </b> <br> _{Tidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companies<br>assurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies.} </div> --- ## Install ``` $ npm install strip-ansi ``` ## Usage ```js const stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi'); stripAnsi('\u001B[4mUnicorn\u001B[0m'); //=> 'Unicorn' stripAnsi('\u001B]8;;https://github.com\u0007Click\u001B]8;;\u0007'); //=> 'Click' ``` ## Security To report a security vulnerability, please use the [Tidelift security contact](https://tidelift.com/security). Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure. ## Related - [strip-ansi-cli](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi-cli) - CLI for this module - [strip-ansi-stream](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi-stream) - Streaming version of this module - [has-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/has-ansi) - Check if a string has ANSI escape codes - [ansi-regex](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex) - Regular expression for matching ANSI escape codes - [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk) - Terminal string styling done right ## Maintainers - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus) - [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-) ## License MIT