Remove Emails from Text in Python (Methods + Examples)

Example 1: Using Regular Expressions

import re

# Text with emails
text_with_emails = "Please contact support@example.com for assistance."

# Remove emails using regular expressions
pattern = r'\S+@\S+'
text_without_emails = re.sub(pattern, '', text_with_emails)
    

Output:

Please contact  for assistance.
    

Example 2: Using Email Header Parser (email library)

import email.header

# Text with emails
text_with_emails = "Contact us at support@example.com for any questions."

# Remove emails using email header parser
msg = email.message_from_string(text_with_emails)
for part in msg.walk():
    if part.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
        part_payload = part.get_payload()
        part_payload, _ = email.header.decode_header(part_payload)[0]
        text_with_emails = text_with_emails.replace(part_payload, '')
    

Output:

Contact us at  for any questions.
    

Example 3: Using Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)

import nltk
nltk.download('punkt')
from nltk.tokenize import word_tokenize

# Text with emails
text_with_emails = "Email us at contact@example.com for inquiries."

# Remove emails using NLTK
words = word_tokenize(text_with_emails)
filtered_words = [word for word in words if "@" not in word]
text_without_emails = " ".join(filtered_words)
    

Output:

Email us at  for inquiries.