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List item deleter

World's simplest list tool
This is a super simple browser-based application that deletes certain items from a list. You can load any list in the input and remove all items that match a specific pattern. The specific pattern can be a short string, a bunch of symbols in any order, or a regexp. You can use multi-format lists (such as comma-delimited lists or todo lists) and adjust to their format using the list item delimiter options. Created by list geeks from team Browserling.
Input Item Delimiter
A mode that splits the input items
by the following characters.
(Enter below.)
A mode that splits the input items
by a regular expression.
(Enter below.)
An input field for a separating
character or a regular
expression.
Deleting Mode
Delete items that contain the
entered text pattern.
Delete items that are made out
of one or more of these symbols.
Delete items that are accepted
by the entered regular expression.
Output List Delimiter and More
The character that separates
the items in the output list.
Skip items that are invisible
or have zero length.
Preview Mode
This option will output items
that are about to be deleted.

What is a list item deleter?

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This online program removes unwanted items from a list. It offers several different item removal modes. In particular, the first mode allows you to get rid of items that contain a specific text pattern. For example, if you select this mode and enter the pattern "sun", then the program will remove all items that contain the word "sun". The second deletion mode allows you to delete items based on their symbolic composition. For example, you can specify the symbols "abct", which means that the removed items consist of one or more of these symbols. In this case, the items "cat", "bat", "cab", and "catb" will be removed (and all other combinations made out of these four letter, such as "a", "b", "c", "t", "ab", "bt", etc). The third mode removes those items that are accepted by a regular expression. For example, you can remove all numeric items via a regexp "/^\d+$/" or all items that end with a question mark via a regexp "/.+\?$/". To use the program, you also need to indicate the separator character that's used for its items. If it is a single separator or a multi-character separator, use the "Symbol Delimiter" option. For example, if you have a hash-symbol separated list, then enter the "#" character in the text field. The same applies to comma-separated or semicolon-separated lists. If you have a vertical to-do list, then enter the "\n" in this field, which indicates there is one item per line. If your list uses several different characters between the items, use the "Regexp Delimiter" option. For an updated list in the output, you can use any new separator character. Additionally, you can use the "Skip Empty Items" option to delete all items that contain nothing (that either have no length or contain just the spaces). And finally, there's also a neat preview option that lets you output the deleted items to the screen. It's very useful when you need to make sure the right items are getting deleted. Listabulous!

List item deleter examples

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Tourist Attractions in the USA
In this example, we found a list of the most popular American tourist attractions. We're interested in almost all of these, except for the parks. To remove all parks from the list, we split its items by the newline character (as each attraction is listed on a new line), select the substring deletion mode, and enter the substring "Park" in the matching option. As a result, all items with the word "Park" are now removed and we don't have to manually remove them anymore.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Sedona Red Rock Country Walt Disney World Resort Yosemite National Park White House Denali National Park Las Vegas Strip Florida Keys Niagara Falls Golden Gate Bridge Yellowstone National Park Kennedy Space Center Grand Canyon Times Square Glacier National Park
Sedona Red Rock Country Walt Disney World Resort White House Las Vegas Strip Florida Keys Niagara Falls Golden Gate Bridge Kennedy Space Center Grand Canyon Times Square
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
A mode that splits the input items
by the following characters.
(Enter below.)
An input field for a separating
character or a regular
expression.
Delete items that contain the
entered text pattern.
The character that separates
the items in the output list.
Skip items that are invisible
or have zero length.
This option will output items
that are about to be deleted.
Delete Afternoon Clock Times
This example removes the afternoon times (P.M. times) from a clock times list. The list consists of two tab-separated columns. To correctly separate all list items, we use the regular expression delimiting mode with the regex /\t|\n/. We switch to the "Match All Symbols" option and indicate that the items to be deleted must contain only numbers, a colon, a space, and the letters "pm". As a result, we get a cleaned list with just the A.M. times. The resulting list items are separated by a comma.
05:50 pm 06:15 am 01:15 am 01:48 am 10:19 am 01:03 pm 11:36 pm 04:04 pm 00:12 am 02:03 am 10:43 pm 08:31 pm 08:59 pm 07:06 pm 12:02 pm 10:28 pm 08:02 am 02:53 am 05:51 am 06:39 pm
06:15 am, 01:15 am, 01:48 am, 10:19 am, 00:12 am, 02:03 am, 08:02 am, 02:53 am, 05:51 am
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
A mode that splits the input items
by a regular expression.
(Enter below.)
An input field for a separating
character or a regular
expression.
Delete items that are made out
of one or more of these symbols.
The character that separates
the items in the output list.
Skip items that are invisible
or have zero length.
This option will output items
that are about to be deleted.
Delete Items from a Todo List
In this example, we want to remove two specific items from a todo list. We select the delete mode that uses a regular expression and specify the regex /^(cook food|check mail)$/. This regular expression instructs the program to delete only the items "cook food" and item "check mail", and nothing else.
wake up cook food do yoga check email edit images draw design cook food meet friends check mail cook food watch a movie take a shower go to sleep
wake up do yoga check email edit images draw design meet friends watch a movie take a shower go to sleep
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
A mode that splits the input items
by the following characters.
(Enter below.)
An input field for a separating
character or a regular
expression.
Delete items that are accepted
by the entered regular expression.
The character that separates
the items in the output list.
Skip items that are invisible
or have zero length.
This option will output items
that are about to be deleted.
Pro tips Master online list tools
You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!
https://onlinetools.com/list/delete-list-items?input=Great%20Smoky%20Mountains%20National%20Park%0ABryce%20Canyon%20National%20Park%0ASedona%20Red%20Rock%20Country%0AWalt%20Disney%20World%20Resort%0AYosemite%20National%20Park%0AWhite%20House%0ADenali%20National%20Park%0ALas%20Vegas%20Strip%0AFlorida%20Keys%0ANiagara%20Falls%0AGolden%20Gate%20Bridge%0AYellowstone%20National%20Park%0AKennedy%20Space%20Center%0AGrand%20Canyon%0ATimes%20Square%0AGlacier%20National%20Park&string-separator=true&input-separator=%255Cn&filter-by-string=true&string=Park&join-character=%255Cn&skip-empty=false&preview-deleted=false
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Find Certain List Items
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Find Repeating List Items
Quickly find and print items that repeat in a list.
Delete Unique List Items
Quickly find and remove items that are unique in a list.
Extract a Sublist from a List
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Shift List Items
Shift list items to the left or right (or up and down).
Indent List Items
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Skew List Items
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Merge Two Lists
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Pop List Items
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Push List Items
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Splice a List
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Make List Items Italic
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Make List Items Cursive
Quickly rewrite all list items in cursive.
Change List Item Font
Quickly change the font of all list items.
Add an Underscore to List Items
Quickly add an underscore to all list items.
Add a Strikethrough to List Items
Quickly add a strikethrough to all list items.
Make List Items Title Case
Quickly change the letter case of all items to title case.
Make List Items Proper Case
Quickly change the letter case of all items to proper case.
Make List Items Random Case
Quickly randomly change the letter case of all items.
Make List Items Lowercase
Quickly change the letter case of all items to small letters.
Make List Items Uppercase
Quickly change the letter case of all items to capital letters.
Remove List Item Counter
Quickly remove any numeration from a list of items.
Create an Empty List
Generate a list with no items (just bullet points).
Visualize a List
Quickly create a graphical representation of a list.
Create a List Cloud
Create an image with a cloud of list items.
Create a Spiral List
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Create a ZigZag List
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Add Errors to a List
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Base64-encode a List
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Base64-decode a List
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URL-encode a List
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URL-decode a List
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Convert a List to JSON
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Convert JSON to a List
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Convert a List to XML
Create an XML document from a list.
Convert XML to a List
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Convert a List to YAML
Create a YAML file from a list.
Convert YAML to a List
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Convert a Text List to a Binary List
Create a binary list from a text list.
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Scroll a List
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