Why remove smart quotes?

Smart quotes break code, JSON, and CSV, and they are a common sign that text came from a word processor or an AI tool. Converting them to straight quotes makes text safe to paste anywhere.

Does it curl quotes in the right direction?

Yes. It uses the standard typographer's rule: a quote after a space or at the start opens, one after a letter closes, and an apostrophe inside a word like don't always curls the right way.

Yes. The conversion runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

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Curly quotes converter: straight and smart quotes both ways

The curly quotes converter switches your text between straight quotes and curly (smart) quotes in both directions. Turn straight quotes into polished typographer's quotes for publishing, or strip curly quotes back to straight to clean AI text and stop them breaking code, CSV, and JSON. It runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.

Free, no signupRuns in your browserUpdated July 11, 2026

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Straight to curly adds typographer's quotes for polished writing. Curly to straight is the AI-cleanup direction: it strips smart quotes that break code and signal machine writing.

What is the curly quotes converter?

Curly quotes (also called smart or typographer's quotes) are the angled left and right quotation marks used in print. Straight quotes are the plain vertical ones on your keyboard. AI tools and word processors insert curly quotes automatically, which looks nice in prose but breaks code and is a machine-writing tell. This tool converts either way, curling straight quotes correctly by context, or flattening curly ones back to straight.

How to use it

1.Paste your text. Drop in text with straight or curly quotes.
2.Pick a direction. Straight to curly for polished prose, or curly to straight to clean AI text.
3.Copy the result. The converted text is ready to copy.

Quick answers

Straight quotes are the plain vertical marks on your keyboard. Curly quotes are the angled left and right marks used in print. Curly looks polished in prose, but straight is safer for code, spreadsheets, and data.

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