# strip-ansi [](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/strip-ansi) > Strip [ANSI escape codes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) ## Install ``` $ npm install --save strip-ansi ``` ## Usage ```js var stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi'); stripAnsi('\u001b[4mcake\u001b[0m'); //=> 'cake' ``` ## Related - [strip-ansi-cli](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi-cli) - CLI for 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 ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)